Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.04
December 26, 2021
…Horizon Robotics to promote the large-scale commercialization of integrated perception systems. The partners said their respective industry resources will enable them to jointly promote standardized implementation of smart, onnected transportation. The partners will build on RoboSense’s second-generation, solid-state RS-LiDAR-M1 and Horizon Robotics’ Journey 3 and Journey 5 automotive smart chips, the two companies will collaborate on the development and adaptation of integrated perception systems. “Through this strategic partnership, the two companies will fully complement each other with respective advantageous resources, jointly explore cutting-edge technologies, and promote the mass production and large-scale implementation of pioneering intelligent driving solutions,” said Dr. Kai…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.94
March 07, 2024
…vacuum-powered end effector designed for case handling and AI-powered perception and motion planning systems. It does not require costly software integrations or infrastructure changes to be deployed into the warehouse environment. With its mobile base that has the footprint of a warehouse pallet, the Pixmo robot can move in any direction to create the best handling pose for the robot arm, both inside and outside the container. Pixmo is built on an advanced AI software stack that combines perception algorithms, learning-based motion planning and a data generation pipeline for AI training. The commercial version of Pixmo is scheduled to be…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.82
December 08, 2022
…CEO of Stereolabs. “Building an affordable, industrial-grade surround 3D perception solution is critical to production-scale deployment of next-generation robotics and smart analytics.” “Our camera-based solution dramatically simplifies 360-degree spatial perception and is backed by an ecosystem of tools to integrate and control them at a price point that makes it easy to add 3D vision to any machine,” she said. Stereolabs uses sensor fusion Traditional navigation systems rely on expensive arrays of lidar sensors and cameras, which suffer from limited fields of view, low resolution, and difficulty recognizing objects, said Stereolabs. The company asserted that it is giving robots artificial…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.78
November 18, 2022
…“enabling verification and validation solutions of ADAS and AV perceptions and planning functions for trucks, commercial vehicles, and passenger vehicles.” aiMotive will be a subsidiary of Stellantis The company will operate as a subsidiary of Stellantis and founder László Kishonti will remain as CEO. Stellantis will establish a board of directors to oversee aiMotive. The company has over 200 employees and has additional offices in Germany, U.S. and Japan. “Acquiring aiMotive’s world-class artificial intelligence and autonomous driving technology is an important contribution to becoming a sustainable mobility tech company,” said Yves Bonnefont, Stellantis chief software officer, in a statement this…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.53
September 04, 2023
…such as assembly. Source: igus Groups work to change perceptions, offer retraining Attitudes toward manufacturing are changing, but not fast enough for industry. According to a survey last year by Deloitte and The Manufacturing Institute, nearly 45% of manufacturing executives said they have turned down business opportunities because of a lack of workers. The study said that most workers prefer jobs in sectors such as retail, services, and technology, even as the amount viewing manufacturing as innovative has increased from 39% to 64%. If public-private partnerships present manufacturing as high-tech and invest in training, as Forbes recommended, that positive perception…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.50
July 05, 2021
…production Freetech was founded in 2016, and its vehicle perception technology includes cameras, millimeter-wave radar, and domain controllers. The startup plans to supply SAE Level 3 autonomy capabilities for vehicles to be released next year, and it has partnerships with Chinese automotive manufacturers for more than 40 car models. In addition, Freetech is operating two self-driving shuttles at Hangzhou Canal Asian Games Park. The company said its integrated full-stack offering is ready for mass production in mid-to-high-end models and help the Chinese automotive industry be a world leader in innovation. Investors support business model China Internet Investment Fund led in…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.46
August 29, 2024
…flexible movement capabilities, adapts to complex environments and integrates sensing/perception abilities and powerful autonomous learning capabilities. At the conference, DEEP Robotics conducted a series of AI training sessions on the Dr.01 to advance progress of “AI plus” intelligent agent technology. Robot dog to “dodge” dangers Quadruped robots are already being used in power stations, factories, construction sites, underground tunnels and utility corridors. With the rapid development of AI, quadruped robots will gain more powerful learning, sensing/perception, decision-making and planning abilities, according to DEEP Robotics. At the World Robot Conference, DEEP Robotics showcased the autonomous “dodging” skills of the X30, its…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.45
June 17, 2019
Seventy percent of consumers say they are ready to fly in autonomous aircraft in their lifetime according to a comprehensive global consumer survey commissioned by ANSYS. ANSYS’ Global Autonomous Vehicle Study explores consumers’ comfort levels and concerns with self-flying aircraft. Through the survey, ANSYS measured consumer sentiment around the future of autonomous aircraft. Highlights of the survey include: Timeline for Adoption: While 70% are ready to fly in an autonomous plane in their lifetime, only 58% are willing to board a self-flying plane in the next decade. Twelve percent insist on waiting longer than 10 years. Consumer Fears: When asked…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.74
May 24, 2022
…NVIDIA and Open Robotics are collaborating to improve robot perception. Source: NVIDIA NVIDIA introduces NITROS, GEMs for robot perception Andrews described the NITROS as the implementation of the type adaptation and negotiation features. The first NITROS release will include three processing pipelines made up of GEMs, or Isaac ROS hardware-accelerated modules, and NVIDIA plans to release more later this year. The next Isaac ROS release will also contain two new DNN-based GEMs designed to help roboticists with common perception tasks. The first one, ESS, is a DNN for stereo camera disparity prediction. The network and partners' cameras can provide vision-based…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.57
May 06, 2024
…as magically as ChatGPT for text. This enables robot perception and decision-making like never before and provides zero-shot learning - the ability to perform tasks without prior examples. NVIDIA’s collaboration with Intrinsic, a robotics software and AI company, demonstrates the potential for a universally applicable robotic-grasping skill to work across grippers, environments and objects. “For the broader industry, our work with NVIDIA shows how foundation models can have a profound impact, including making today's processing challenges easier to manage at scale, creating previously infeasible applications, reducing development costs and increasing flexibility for end users,” said Wendy Tan White, CEO at…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.46
April 15, 2024
…When organizations start analyzing options for adding next-gen visual perception to their AMR, whether its in-house or partnering with a vendor, some key factors to consider include: Talent availability and quality: Assembling the multi-disciplinary, experienced team needed to develop a robust vision solution, with expertise spanning AI, computer vision, software architecture, optics, validation, simulation and more, is challenging and costly. Set the right KPIs: A scalable AMR must consistently meet its reliability and performance KPIs across a full range of operating conditions and edge cases, not just under ideal circumstances. Achieving centimeter level accuracy “sometimes” is very different to meeting…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.33
April 30, 2021
…and robotics. They explained their work in improving robotic perception for manipulation. Augmenting visual perception “Our origins were in motors and linkages, and it was a natural progression to the robotics space,” said Sullivan. “We were working on computer vision, and as we try to move to more diverse applications, we'd like to have robots manipulate objects in a more humanlike fashion. For example, robots need the capability to do complex things, like blind grasping in a high cabinet, which humans can do with their sense of touch. We can feel the pose, adjust grasp, and adjust for slipping better…
