Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.55
October 14, 2022
…E-Walker. The limbed system uses the Robot Operating System (ROS) and can move along a surface to different locations to perform tasks. The researchers conducted an in-depth design engineering exercise to test the robot for its capabilities to efficiently assemble a 25 m LAST in orbit. They compared the robot to the existing Canadarm2 and the European Robotic Arm on the International Space Station. In addition, the team developed a scaled-down prototype for Earth-analog testing and performed another design engineering exercise. “Our analysis shows that the proposed innovative E-Walker design proves to be versatile and an ideal candidate for future…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.53
April 12, 2021
…Developer Studio with support for the Robot Operating System (ROS) in Windows 10, Linux, and the Azure Web services. The software company has been focusing on industry-specific cloud/edge computing, including Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare. Its projects for intelligent robotics include “responsible conversational AI.” Burlington, Mass.-based Nuance Communications said its conversational AI and “ambient intelligence” are used by 77% of U.S. hospitals and 85% of Fortune 100 companies worldwide. The company's products include Dragon Ambient eXperience, Dragon Medical One, and PowerScribe One for radiology reporting. All of these clinical speech-recognition products are built on Microsoft Azure and offered through a software-as-a-service…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.50
October 12, 2023
…systems Boulder, Colo.-based PickNik has created Robot Operating System (ROS) drivers for systems from Universal Robotics, Kinova, ABB, and Motiv Space Systems. The company said it is completely robot-agnostic, working with a wide range of robot types, from custom hardware to off-the-shelf solutions, catering to its customers' specific needs. “We have a toolbox of reference applications,” Coleman told Robotics 24/7. “While manufacturers focus on the big robot providers, the robot arm market is more 'do it yourself' and is still designed for factory precision.” “A lot of companies do mix and match to build robots for outer space, farms, or…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.49
July 15, 2021
…with CARMERA’s culture and mission from the beginning,” stated Ro Gupta, co-founder and of CARMERA. “Our teams have a common view of the unmet need for ubiquity in advanced mobility data going forward, including maps.” “Woven Planet, thanks to its software-first automotive DNA, shares our commitment to the end user, to creating a technology stack that can be used safely and without friction by all stakeholders from data originators through to data consumers,” he added. “This validates and furthers our founding thesis that richer, faster spatial intelligence is both critical to the next generation of ‘Mobility for All’ and viable…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.49
October 03, 2023
…Jetson Nano, as well as the Robot Operating System (ROS), popular software for building robotics applications. The wheelchair can tap these algorithms to perceive and map its environment and plan a collision-free path. Diagram of autonomous wheelchair operation. Click on image to enlarge. Source: NVIDIA “The NVIDIA Jetson Nano’s real-time processing speed prevents delays or lags for the user,” said KB, who’s been working on the project’s prototype since June. The developer dives into the technical components of the autonomous wheelchair on his blog. Looking forward, KB said his project could be expanded to allow users to control a wheelchair…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.48
June 07, 2022
…of engineers developing next-generation robot hardware and software, including ROS, the PR2, and TurtleBot. Wise serves as the chair of the IFR Service Robot Group, as a robotics board member for A3, and on the Materials Handling Institute Roundtable Advisory Committee. She is also an honoree in this year's Engelberger Awards. Deepu Talla, NVIDIA Deepu Talla, vice president and general manager for embedded and edge computing at NVIDIA. He is responsible for deploying artificial intelligence in devices such as factory robots, commercial drones, and video analytics. Previously, Talla was responsible for NVIDIA’s mobile business unit. Prior to joining NVIDIA in…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.47
December 05, 2022
…or CSV file converters and complete LabVIEW, MATLAB, and ROS node interfaces, said igus. RBTxperts give step-by-step advice If users are unsure which robot is best for them or which components are required for their automation concepts, they can get help from an RBTXpert. This service is available to users at every step on the website and can be booked directly for a consultation appointment. Experienced igus automation experts can advise and assist interested parties, helping them find the right solution for any problem. After a free video consultation, interested parties will receive an individualized, fixed-price offer. In a 400-sq.-m…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.47
June 21, 2023
…in Germany, Gurkerl.at in Austria, Kifli.hu in Hungary and Sezamo.ro in Romania. “We are deeply committed to helping grocers increase margins,” said Jan Zizka, co-founder and CEO of Brightpick. “Rohlik’s successful pilot and planned rollout of our Brighpick solution across Europe provides further validation of our solution for grocers. They are tremendously respected in Europe and we look forward to working closely with them in this next phase of deployment.” Brightpick claimed that its fully autonomous, end-to-end system takes less than a month to deploy, enables warehouses to reduce their picking labor by 95%, and cuts costs for order fulfillment…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.45
May 03, 2022
…AR/VR wearables.” “It's also an enabler for mobile manipulation,” he noted. “Developers can switch the SLAMcore module in for ROS [the Robot Operating System], since it's optimized out of the box for taking in multiple feeds. As use cases change, a multi-purpose robot could still run SLAM because it's configurable, so you don't have to redo it.”
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.45
May 10, 2022
…includes support for Linux and the Robot Operating System (ROS). Interest in the RB5 is largely coming in drones and service robots for cleaning, Singh said. He said the reference design could be used in first-mile and last-mile delivery, UAM, and many other applications over the next 12 to 18 months. “This is just the beginning of the next wave of innovation in robotics,” he said. The RB5 AMR Reference Design for mobile robot developers. Source: Qualcomm Technologies Users and availability Qualcomm said it continues to collaborate with robotics leaders to drive innovation for 5G and edge AI. They include…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.44
March 16, 2022
…of interest included motion planning, the Robot Operating System (ROS), drives and motors, and simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM). Median prices for robot arms have dropped over the past six years, said the AI Index Report 2022. AI investments continue to climb Private investment in AI totaled about $93.5 billion in 2021, more than double the amount of investment in 2020. However, the number of newly funded AI businesses dropped from 1,051 companies in 2019 and 762 startups in 2020 to 746 companies in 2021. In 2020, there were four funding rounds worth $500 million or more; in 2021, there…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.39
January 08, 2023
…used open-source software including the Robot Operating System, or ROS 2. PoliMOVE pulls ahead in close contest Yesterday's challenge required racecars to take turns passing one another as leader/defender and follower/passer/attacker for the first time at speeds of 80, 115, and 155 mph (128.7, 185, and 249.4 kph). Six of the nine teams qualified for the head-to-head competition Saturday. In the run leading into the final race, the car from MIT-PITT-RW team stopped for software and safety reasons, allowing the University of Hawai'i's AI Racing Tech (ART) car to take third place. MIT-PITT-RW is the team from the Massachusetts Institute…
