Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.29
June 16, 2021
…Francisco Bay area since it was began as a Google unit in 2009, including all-electric Jaguar I-PACE vehicles. In 2015, Google researchers launched the first self-driving car without a steering wheel, gas pedal, or brake pedal. Waymo has offered fully driverless services around Phoenix, Ariz., since October 2020. In addition, Waymo said it has partnered with a variety of organizations to improve traffic safety and promote mobility access for underserved communities. Through its Waymo Via delivery business unit, the company is working with providers such as J.B. Hunt to move freight cross-country with autonomous trucks. Waymo Via is also working…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.83
June 14, 2021
…in the coming years.” Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo said it has been focused on building autonomous driving technology to improve safety and access to mobility. The Mountain View, Calif.-based subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. said its systems have drive more than 20 million miles on public roads across 10 states and 20 billion miles in simulation. It is reportedly raising up to $4 billion in funding. The Waymo Driver powers Waymo One, which the company describes as “the world's first fully autonomous ride-hailing service,” as well as the Waymo Via, trucking and local…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.36
May 29, 2021
…continuous speech-recognition system for his doctoral thesis at Carnegie Mellon University and who later led Microsoft Research Asia and Google China. “MegaRobo's technology increases efficiency in production automation,” stated Dr. Ingo Ramesohl, managing director at RBVC. “Already today, robots from MegaRobo are used for special applications in the end-of-line production of household appliances at Bosch. Beyond these applications, we see many other opportunities for cooperation between MegaRobo and Bosch.”
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.36
May 23, 2021
…relevant in data analytics. One is to be a Google or AWS that has shown performance in vertical after vertical, or you can control the tools that gather the data, such as autonomous drones. By optimizing the flight path, you can gather quality, complete, and frequent data.” Regulations and full autonomy While the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration now issues Part 107 waivers for beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) flights, such exemptions took a while to create, slowing the growth of the drone industry. “Right now, the technology is more advanced than regulations allow,” Rabkin said. “We still have two people right…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.80
May 20, 2021
…chair, automobiles, and footwear. Organizations including Ashley Furniture, Sennheiser, Google, the Mayo Clinic, Northwell Health, and New Balance use Formlabs printers to develop, prototype, and manufacture end-use consumer goods at scale. With its latest funding, Formlabs said its 3D printing offerings will further advance mass customization to enable everything from more personalized healthcare to custom headphones and more. SoftBank investors to join Formlabs board “We’re incredibly excited to work with SoftBank Vision Fund 2 to help build Formlabs’ next chapter and continue delivering the industry’s most accessible 3D printing technology for everything from prototyping to production,” said Natan Linder, co-founder…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.61
April 26, 2021
…on drones underestimated Interest in drone delivery is rising. Google parent Alphabet's Wing subsidiary said its service in Christiansburg was among the most advanced of the handful of trial services operating today. But drone technology—and the laws that regulate it—are maturing, and Virginia Tech said it expects services like these to become routine in the next few years. Whether they're successful or not will depend in large part on how the public responds. Delivering packages to homes unfolds in the public eye to a greater extent than many other applications for drones: People may see the drone in the commercial…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.41
April 09, 2021
…all, the cloud is a commodity. Companies like Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, and others make billions of dollars because they know how to package, deliver, and support that commodity at scale. So it will be with autonomous robots. Execution will drive AMR adoption If all the above factors have only heightened demand for AMRs in sectors like logistics, manufacturing, retail, consumer goods, and pharma, then we should expect a large number of robots to enter service in those sectors. However, I do not expect that robot uptake will be concomitant with demand until we have resolved the product/market fit…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.13
March 26, 2021
…members take advantage of all of them?'” “We've had Google, Microsoft, and other big companies come to us asking, 'Why do we have to join multiple associations?'” he recalled. “We decided that we are stronger under one umbrella. It will include things such as a whole community for artificial intelligence.” “A3 is the front-facing brand for all 1,100 members, which will be better for the media and general public,” Burnstein said. “It will be easier to drive traffic to one website and tell our story to companies we'd like to engage with as members.” In addition, the consolidation will make…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.30
March 24, 2021
…more tech-savvy folks.” “FedEx is also testing drones with Google Wing in Christianburg, Va., which is a small town where we're certified for bad weather and have some controls,” Prather said. “We're going to have to be really selective on where use cases make sense. New York City is too chaotic and dense. How would you open a door and get in an elevator? Does that even make sense in terms of ROI [return on investment]? We'll see folks enter and exit this space.” “We need a robot that can operate in both indoor settings like our sort facilties and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.91
February 10, 2021
…If you’re looking for a visual, think back to Google glasses. Zebra’s Wheeler says the display enables hands-free directed workflows. Instead of constantly redirecting attention to an out-of-view screen on a separate mobile device, the associate reads the needed information directly from a tiny screen mounted on the glasses. A mounted camera can also feed to a remote location a full view of what the person is seeing. Meanwhile, the glasses can receive and display an augmented reality feed from a remote location to aid problem solving right at the point of interest. Tying it all together As all of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.81
November 16, 2020
…Robotics on the second or third page of a Google search. Following a telephone call with the company’s founder and a trip to New Hampshire to see the robots in action in the company’s tech center, they felt they had a solution ready to move forward. Hanrahan was particularly impressed by the depth of functionality in Waypoint Robotics’ software and the experience of the engineering team. “They had at least five people who had worked on two other robots before this one,” he recalls. One of the first steps was to design a large cart on wheels that could be…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 19.55
November 05, 2020
…multiphysics solvers with scalable cloud supercomputers from AWS and Google Cloud. According to the company, OnScale Solve does not require any installation and can be accessed via a secure web-based connection to any web browser. The solution features multiphysics solvers, automation of tasks such as CAD repair and meshing, scalable cloud supercomputer infrastructure, intuitive UI/UX and integrated workflows, and integration with Jupyter notebooks and Cloud AI tools. Subscribers can open a Free Private account that includes 500 core-hours per year. Users can perform mechanical, thermal, and coupled thermal-mechanical analysis. The company plans to develop dynamic mechanical, nonlinear mechanics, thermal-fluid, FSI,…
