Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.47
July 13, 2021
…an organization devoted to encouraging the development of the Massachusetts robotics ecosystem and has deep expertise and an extensive support network to help early-stage startups. Partners and alumni Supporting partners of the Founder Institute AI & Robotics Accelerator Program include: NASA Ames Research Center MassRobotics First Republic Bank NimbleBox.ai >Get Hackers_ SBIR Advisors The Capital Network Hubspot for Startups TiE Boston “There is no shortage of problems facing humanity, but there is a shortage of ambitious entrepreneurs trying to solve them,” said Adeo Ressi, CEO of the Founder Institute. “The goal of this partnership with NASA and MassRobotics is to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.29
July 16, 2021
…interface a little more with machines, according to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Robots don’t have the same hardwired behavioral awareness and control, so secure collaboration with humans requires methodical planning and coordination. You can likely assume your friend can fill up your morning coffee cup without spilling on you, but for a robot, this seemingly simple task requires careful observation and comprehension of human behavior. Scientists from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) recently created a new algorithm to help a robot find efficient motion plans to ensure physical safety of its human counterpart. In this case,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.21
July 19, 2021
…and reducing data center emissions.” Originally developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Julia has been downloaded more than 29 million times by users worldwide, including thousands of open-source developers who have contributed to Julia and its 6,000 registered packages. More than 1,500 universities worldwide are using and teaching Julia, including MIT, Stanford University, and the University of California, Berkeley. Julia is used by over 10,000 companies worldwide, including AstraZeneca, BlackRock, Google, Intel, Microsoft, Moderna, and Pfizer. In addition, NASA, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York use the language, said Julia Computing. The company…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.20
October 24, 2019
…said today it has formed a partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Industrial Liaison Program (ILP), and last week it announced it has added Aris Kekedjian to its Board of Directors. XPO said it is the first global logistics company to collaborate with the MIT ILP, an organization that matches up what XPO called MIT ILP’s world-class resources with industry-leading corporations to solve global business challenges. “We’re excited to explore the latest developments in technology with the MIT ILP,” said Mario Harik, chief information officer of XPO Logistics, in a statement. “This is an opportunity for us to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.20
June 20, 2023
…KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) MIT-PITT-RW (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Pittsburgh, Rochester Institute of Technology, University of Waterloo) PoliMOVE (Politecnico di Milano, University of Alabama) TII UNIMORE Racing (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia) TUM Autonomous Motorsport (Technische Universität München) IAC racecars are built on identical hardware from sponsors and partners, while the university teams provide the AI. Source: Indy Autonomous Challenge Seconds separate the winner TII UNIMORE Racing, TUM Autonomous Motorsport, and PoliMOVE entered the final round of competition on Sunday afternoon separated by only three seconds. Team PoliMOVE finished its final lap in…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.18
October 24, 2021
…and they were able to identify partners at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and other schools. “We later brought in more students from the Rochester Institute of Technology and the University of Waterloo in Toronto,” said Suvarna. “One unique aspect of our team is that it was entirely student-led. All the other teams had professors on site. I worked with Andrew Tresansky from MIT to manage people.” “We figured out how to manage the teams, technology, and business across locations during the pandemic,” she added. “We raised all our money by going directly to sponsors, not to the schools.” The…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.90
November 05, 2021
…towards exploratory or sophisticated dexterous manipulation, according to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. OpenAI gave it a try with “Dactyl” (meaning “finger” from the Greek word daktylos), using its humanoid robot hand to solve a Rubik’s cube with software that’s a step towards more general AI, and a step away from the common single-task mentality. DeepMind created “RGB-Stacking,” a vision-based system that challenges a robot to learn how to grab items and stack them. In the ongoing quest to get machines to replicate human abilities, scientists at the MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (MIT CSAIL) created a framework…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.89
August 28, 2018
…opening a research and development (R&D) center in Boston, Massachusetts, to further expand its technology development capability and propel innovation in robotics logistics. GreyOrange plans to build a team of more than 60 engineers for R&D in AI, human-machine interface (HMI), machine vision and data intelligence, adding to the current global team of 250 R&D engineers. GreyOrange selected Atlanta and Boston for their respective reputations for excellence in supply chain and emerging tech. With the robotics segment of the materials handling equipment market expected to reach over $20 billion by 2024, the U.S. is ripe for robotics innovation. To drive…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.83
July 12, 2022
…more than 400 employees worldwide, including three sites in Massachusetts. Markforged plans to soon move its headquarters to a bigger building in Waltham, Mass. Markforged builds technology for quality, sustainability “We've become more of a platform ecosystem model, with our own machines, cloud software, and continuous impregnated fiber,” said Charles Lu, product marketing manager at Markforged. “Our Blacksmith software simultaneously scans, calibrates, and inspects parts, and we started printing metals in 2017.” “The ability to print advanced composites that are stronger and cheaper than aluminum is the only way to push innovation for the aerospace and automotive industries,” Terem told…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.79
March 04, 2022
A new report by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University describes how cognitive science and psychology could help humans collaborate with robots more effectively. The researchers examined 35 research papers that focused on humans teaching robots new behaviors. In their analysis, the researchers kept in mind two theories—“the analogical transfer theory” and “the variation of theory of learning.” The “analogical transfer theory” suggests that humans learn by analogy. When humans interact with a new domain or concept, they implicitly look for something familiar they can use to understand the new entity. The “variation theory of learning,”…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.62
December 09, 2021
…Brandt holds a Ph.D. in electronic materials from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor of science in chemistry from the University of Illinois. He has presented over 50 papers and holds six patents. In his new role, Brandt will lead the ARM Institute’s technical strategy and program planning, continue to manage the ARM Institute program management office, and lead the Mill 19 robotic engineering plans and investment strategy. Vice President of Strategic Initiatives & Outreach Suzy Teele Suzy Teele Teele joined the ARM Institute shortly after its creation in 2017 and has led development of the consortium's national…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.62
September 30, 2022
…a Ph.D. in Brain and Cognitive Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said a central debate among the robotics community is whether general-purpose robots are better than specialized ones. “Over and over, the task-specific stuff has won,” he said. Humanoid robots are far more expensive to build than more specialized models, Atkeson said. He cited vacuum cleaning robots as an example. Why would someone build a humanoid that cost as much as car when they can buy a Roomba? Androids pose design challenges There are also parts of the human body that are hard for engineers to replicate, added…
