Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.27
January 05, 2022
…Jeff Linnell Bot & Dolly was eventually acquired by Google, and after serving as head of product for Google’s robotics division, Linnell teamed up with robotics veterans from Savioke and Redwood Robotics to found Formant. “We quickly found that every robotics company is unique,” he said. “So in addition to our core functionality, we also invested early on in APIs [application programming interfaces] to make Formant’s platform extensible and to empower customers to build custom apps inside Formant, using our data and infrastructure.” Formant offers robotics infrastructure Formant has also clarified its self-image. “From the perspective of where we've been…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.23
August 08, 2018
…the early engineers on the self-driving car team at Google. Eshel most recently was a vice president at Battery Ventures, where he led the firm’s autonomous-vehicle investment project. “This financing, coming just three months after founding Kodiak Robotics, is a huge validation for our vision,” Burnette said. “We believe self-driving trucks will likely be the first autonomous vehicles to support a viable business model, and we are proud to have the support of such high-profile investors to help us execute on our plan.” “Autonomous driving is likely one of the most major technology shifts of the last 100 years,” said…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.22
January 17, 2022
…at a critical time,” Jatt said. Based on the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo said it has focused “on building, deploying, and commercializing the World’s Most Experienced Driver technology to improve the world's access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes.” In addition to the Waymo Via trucking and local delivery service, the Waymo Driver powers Waymo One, which the Alphabet company described as “the world's first fully autonomous ride-hailing service.” J.B. Hunt, Waymo collaborate beyond the highway Other partnerships working on autonomous trucks include TuSimple and DHL Supply Chain, Gatik and Walmart,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.22
November 17, 2021
…used worldwide in hundreds of robots, including projects by Google, Microsoft, Fetch Robotics, Kinova, and Franka Emika. For example, robotic arms are used in space missions to repair satellites and augment astronauts inside space stations. They will also be needed to build the future Moon base. The challenge is that fully autonomous robotic arms are not yet possible, nor does mission control want them to be. Most applications of robotic arms outside of factories still require a human in the loop to provide remote high-level commands, monitoring, and support for when the robot gets stuck, said the company. PickNik said…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.11
October 26, 2022
…because of the technology’s readiness and affordability. The four Google alumni decided the timing was right and founded the Oakland, Calif.-based company in 2019. “What we saw was a technological inflection point where we could make small, self-driving vehicles work on the street,” said Bersch. “Because it doesn’t make sense to build a $20,000 robot that can deliver burritos.” Revenue from robotic last-mile deliveries is expected to grow more than ninefold to $670 million in 2030, up from $70 million in 2022, according to ABI Research. Jetson helps deliver RaaS Cartken is among several autonomous mobile robot (AMR) startups using…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.04
October 07, 2018
…shared-space distribution network, voice integration with Amazon Echo and Google Home to track the last mile delivery of heavy goods, and the XPO Connect digital freight marketplace with multimodal infrastructure. As reported by FreightWaves, XPO has worked with 29 robotics companies and deployed 79 different types of robots across its warehouses. Other XPO robotics vendors include Massachusetts-based 6 River Systems, which has deployed more than 100 robots for XPO; and KUKA Group's Swisslog, which is said to be providing the robotics for the digital warehouse XPO is building in the U.K. for Nestle. It was unclear whether the robots will…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.96
October 11, 2023
…new products and features, and accelerate growth. Roboticists from Google and Savioke founded Formant in 2016. Its cloud platform is designed to help robotics businesses deploy, grow, and manage their fleets. The company said it “delivers a secure data platform to operate fleets of robots at any scale through a single pane of glass.” “Formant is uniquely positioned to meet the business objectives and technical requirements of large enterprise companies operating at global scale looking to expand their robotics footprint,” said Jeff Linnell, co-founder and CEO of Formant. “Our platform now powers tens of thousands of production robots around the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.87
February 08, 2023
…has more than 700 corporate and governmental customers including Google, Nissan, Duke Energy, Newmont, Amazon, Chevron, and the U.S. Navy. RDI said Motion Amplification measures deflection, displacement, movement, and vibration not visible to the human eye. The technology turns every pixel in the camera's view into a sensor capable of measuring vibration or movement with high levels of accuracy, according to the company. Motion Amplification provides instant visual imagery of hard-to-detect faults such as misalignment, bending, soft foot, and separation, along with trending capability of vibration readings for monitoring of chronic or emergent issues, said RDI. Iris Explorer offers consistent…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.87
November 02, 2021
…engineer who worked on drones and other projects at Google and elsewhere. Founded in 2018, Iron Ox said it “has redesigned every step of the farming process, from seed to store shelf, achieving levels of precision that are impossible through conventional farming.” The Silicon Valley startup claimed that it can help provide delicious, nutritious, sustainable, and local produce. Grover designed to optimize hydroponics Iron Ox said Grover is a key component of its broader farming ecosystem, a closed-loop system intended to optimize plant yield, reduce growth cycle times, and maximize crop quality. The company's team of roboticists, plant scientists, and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.86
April 12, 2022
…robot maker Boston Dynamics, which it had acquired from Google (now part of Alphabet) in 2017, to Hyundai Motor Group. Xavier Lacherade, general manager of SBRE, will continue to lead the company, renamed Aldebaran under URG. “We know URG as a strategic partner in sales, services, and software development,” said Lacherade. “I am firmly convinced that the short management paths, which are also characterized by the German-French friendship, will inspire the work on both sides of the Rhine and lead us to new successes in the near future.” SBRE will aquire a minority stake in URG, and the two companies…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.82
July 05, 2022
…expand pilot Alphabet Inc. unit Waymo began as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company has been developing autonomous driving technology for more than a decade with the goal of improving road safety. The Waymo Driver powers the Waymo One autonomous ride-haling service and the Waymo Via Class 8 commercial trucking and local delivery service. Waymo said its systems have driven more than 20 million miles on public roads across more than 13 U.S. states, as well as over 20 billion miles in simulation. Last month, Waymo Via partnered with sometime rival Uber Freight to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.80
January 14, 2022
…self-driving trucking firm Ike. Waymo, which is owned by Google parent Alphabet, and Cruise, which spun out of General Motors, have pumped billions of dollars into self-driving car research and development. Cruise acquired Voyage in March 2021. Also this week, Magna International acquired the employees and assets of Boston-based Optimus Ride Inc. Former Local Motors executives expressed optimism, however, about the industry's potential. “As with most adventures, they must come to an end. Local Motors has closed its doors,” wrote Jeff Hollowell, senior vice president of information technology at Local Motors, on LinkedIn. “It has been an exciting, challenging, and…
