Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.41
December 06, 2021
…robot move, existing benchmark environments favor only the latter. Co-optimizing for both elements is hard—it takes a lot of time to train various robot simulations to do different things, even without the design element. Scientists at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), aimed to fill the gap by designing “Evolution Gym,” a large-scale testing system for co-optimizing the design and control of soft robots, taking inspiration from nature and evolutionary processes. Simulations soft robots learn on their own The robots in the simulator look a little bit like squishy, moveable Tetris pieces made up of soft, rigid, and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.46
November 22, 2021
…report confirms that Locomation’s ARC system means dramatic efficiency gains, saving fuel and eliminating idling and empty miles, and can help carriers and shippers dramatically reduce their Scope 1 and Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions.” said Dr. Çetin Meriçli, co-founder and CEO of Locomation. “We are proud to be the first company to verify its green claims with an independent, third-party, science-based review, and we invite anyone making claims around environmental impact or fuel consumption to do the same. ” Locomation said its strategy and practices align with its supply chain partners’ sustainability goals by contributing to the UN’s Sustainable…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.35
November 14, 2021
…different systems can work in unison, noted A.K. Schultz, co-founder and CEO of SVT Robotics. But rather than being a full-blown WES, features are “microservices” that do one specific thing. Tasks include parsing incoming orders to determine which system has needed inventory, whether the system is available, and how busy that system is. Using these small apps, the platform can coordinate systems, said Schultz. “There is integration, and there is orchestration, but what our customers ultimately want is the orchestration,” he said. “They want multiple different systems to be able to work together in concert, to create a new outcome…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.78
November 12, 2021
GeekPlus Technology Co. this week announced the successful deployment of its autonomous mobile robots in CEVA Logistics' warehouse in Truganina, Australia. Körber Supply Chain implemented the project to improve the efficiency and productivity of the facility and ensure smoother e-commerce order fulfillment for CEVA's customers. “Today, an accelerated demand for fast order fulfillment has created a challenging scenario for businesses everywhere,” said Lit Fung, managing director for Asia-Pacific, the U.K., and the Americas at Geek+. “In Australia, a booming e-commerce landscape has made ‘delivery services’ the determining factor of who’s going to come out on top. Using smart robot automation,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.69
November 01, 2021
…one subset is already reducing medical errors. Gaumard Scientific Co. makes several realistic systems used for training emergency responders, military field medics, and obstetricians and gynecologists. A recent study found that such simulation can reduce malpractice claims by 50%. “Gaumard is committed to continuing our work in designing astonishingly lifelike patient simulators by combining cutting-edge engineering with our clinical expertise to satisfy the educational needs of educators and learners,” said James Archetto, vice president of U.S. direct sales at Gaumard. “With COVID-19, simulation training has often been the only training available for some students and medical professionals.” “Patient simulators allow…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.26
October 27, 2021
…of multiple AMRs from different vendors,” recalled Brian Gerkey, co-founder and CEO of Open Robotics. “Their top-level pain point was that they needed to share space more effectively. They wanted to put in more AMRs to move food and linens, as well as surgical equipment to the autoclave, but there's the constraint of space.” “The traditional way to do it is to divide fleets by time or space,” he told Robotics 24/7. “You could put different robots in different corridors, but that's obviously inefficient. This extends to elevator banks, and one customer was even thinking of tunneling through the building…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.51
October 24, 2021
…University of Pittsburgh, was the youngest and only female co-captain at the Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC). She does not have a driver's license, but she is studying computer engineering and robotics software. Suvarna spoke with Robotics 24/7 about the preparations for the event. “We started out by ourselves in February 2020,” she said. “It was a big effort to fund the $1.2 million competition vehicle. Sponsors brought it down to $300,000.” The Pitt students set a deadline for themselves of October 2020, and they were able to identify partners at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and other schools. “We later…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.54
October 12, 2021
…is to accelerate adoption of robotics,” said Florian Pestoni, co-founder and CEO of InOrbit. “We want to bring the community together and offer tools for it to get cranking right away.” “When you launch development tools— what's amazing for me is that you think people will use them in a certain way, but they go and create things you couldn't conceive of,” he told Robotics 24/7. “We want to empower developers to do more faster.” Pestoni added that InOrbit's robot-agnostic data platform is designed to help companies master “the four O's of robot operations—observability, operation, orchestration, and optimization.” The Mountain…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.39
October 01, 2021
…“It was a dream come true,” said Adam Sachs, co-founder and CEO of Vicarious Surgical. “NYSE does a good job of setting that up—there was a huge 60-by-90-ft. banner outside. We're excited because of what this enables. This is an important milestone, and it represents our ability to take the next steps in surgical robotics.” Founded in 2014, Vicarious Surgical takes a novel approach in combining human-like surgical robot arms and virtual reality for minimally invasive procedures. The company said it was the first to receive “Breakthrough Device Designation” from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and it announced its…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.61
September 21, 2021
…Corp. today announced a global partnership with Keenon Robotics Co., which focuses on indoor service robots. The global launch expands on Keenon's announcement last week of $200 million in Series D funding and collaboration with SoftBank Robotics. The companies said they will work together to expand the use of robotics in the service industry. They said that service robots will provide efficiency and productivity gains that will allow businesses to allocate more time and resources for staffers to refocus on customer service. “We are proud to partner with SoftBank Robotics, the leader in the robotics solutions industry,” stated Tony Li,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.43
September 21, 2021
…expanding engineering, sales, and support staff, including Ross Diankov, co-founder of Mujin and CEO of Mujin Corp. “Companies that want to automate mundane and repetitive material-handling tasks face a myriad of challenges, from the high costs of developing solutions for their difficult applications to unscheduled downtime and reprogramming costs when things don’t go as planned, or when robots must be reprogrammed due to a change in product or workflow,” stated Diankov. “As some of the largest companies in Asia have experienced, Mujin will bring a new wave of robotics technology to the U.S. market, with robots no longer needing to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.58
August 31, 2021
…reliable capacity for our customers today,” stated Gautam Narang, co-founder and CEO of Gatik. “Our long-term partnerships with the world’s largest retailers, strategic relationships with OEMs, and fleet servicing and maintenance partners have allowed us to address critical supply chain challenges and build an industry-defining business. With this financing, we are ideally positioned to commercialize our solution at scale.” Founded in 2017 by autonomous technology veterans, Gatik has offices in Palo Alto, Calif., and Toronto. The company focuses on short-haul, business-to-business (B2B) logistics for Fortune 500 retailers. Gatik said its fleet of Class 3 to 6 autonomous trucks are already…
