Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.67
January 11, 2024
…in 2018 as a spin-off from Swiss technical University, ETH Zurich. “This marks a significant step towards our vision of a workplace where AI-enabled robots assist people, addressing our customers' needs for greater flexibility and intelligence amidst critical skilled labor shortages,” said Sami Atiya, President of ABB Robotics and Discrete Automation. “Each mobile robot, equipped with vision and AI, scans a unique part of the building; collectively these robots complement each other’s view to form a complete map, enabling them to work autonomously in a rapidly changing environment.” The acquisition follows ABB’s minority investment in Sevensense after it joined the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.40
November 22, 2023
…collaboration with MIT and the Soft Robotics Lab at ETH Zurich, the paper, titled “Vision-Controlled Jetting for Composite Systems and Robots,” demonstrates how VCJ opens a new frontier in manufacturing by expanding capabilities to synthetically recreate the intricate structure and functionality of natural organisms. Traditional manufacturing methods struggle to fabricate systems that mirror the intricate structures and varied material properties found in nature. VCJ rises to this challenge, offering the ability to accurately fabricate complex, multi-functional systems in a single print without the need to assemble subcomponents. “Our VCJ technology is a qualitative change in the field of additive manufacturing,”…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.63
September 13, 2023
…artificial intelligence to patrol large, outdoor, private properties. The Zurich, Switzerland-based startup said its systems can check points of interest, detect edge cases on premises such as those of factories, data centers, energy plants, pharmaceuticals manufacturers, and luxury goods makers. Ascento Guard addresses labor shortages Many countries around the world face a 52% shortage of security guards, according to Gitnux Market Data. To help companies fulfill contractual obligations or sign new business, Ascento has developed robots with wheels and legs to navigate diverse terrain with agility and stability. “Ascento is targeting the high operating costs the industry is enduring,” Morra…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.57
August 11, 2023
…build everything from aircraft wings to construction site installations. ETH Zurich researchers Andrea Perissinotto, Oliver Harley, and Matthias Leschok applied their expertise in robotics, engineering, and fabrication to found SAEKI in 2021. During their studies and industry collaborations, the trio said they identified the need to scale up additive manufacturing (AM) processes for large-scale applications such as bespoke concrete formwork. “Currently, to develop a lightweight carbon-fiber element or to build a topologically optimized concrete floor slab, buyers would have to wait months and spend vast sums of money to receive a first sample and only then build a prototype, let…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.88
May 16, 2023
…million in a recent Series B funding round. The Zurich, Switzerland-based company said its legged robot, ANYmal is highly mobile, ruggedized, and designed for industrial use. It is being used by companies such as PETRONAS, Shell, SLB, Outokumpu, Siemens Energy, BASF, and Vale to complete inspection tasks. ANYbotics was founded in 2016 and said its mission is to transform the way industries operate by automating manual and hazardous tasks. It primarily serves customers who work in oil and gas, chemicals, power, mining, metals and minerals, and the utilities. The company noted that its funding comes as the demand for robotic…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.17
April 06, 2023
…and mapping, or Visual SLAM, technology at LogiMAT. The Zurich-based company claimed that it is a trusted partner to some of the world's most innovative robotics manufacturers. “We are thrilled to be exhibiting at LogiMAT 2023 and to have the opportunity to demonstrate our Visual SLAM solution at a key event for the intralogistics industry,” said Gianluca Cesari, business development officer at Sevensense Robotics, in a press release. Sevensense said its Visual SLAM systems enable precise positioning and navigation of automated guided vehicles (AGVs), autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), and other service robots. Product demonstrations to see at LogiMAT 2023 “Our…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.15
February 16, 2023
…a spin-off of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich and develops VSLAM and navigation technologies for autonomous systems. The Zurich-based company said the Evaluation Kit gives autonomous mobile robots and autonomous guided vehicles a 360-degree view of their surroundings to offer <0.3 inches (<4 mm) precise and reliable positioning capabilities in all indoor and outdoor environments, even over uneven floors and ramps. The company has offered its navigation technologies to AMR makers in the past, but the kit was designed to make the process easier, it said. “We observed that many AMR manufacturers considered Alphasense Autonomy as an…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.18
February 14, 2023
…Robotics Co. is a Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) spin-off with a vision to be the leader in making robots more attainable and useful by taking an open, platform-centric approach to developing and operating robotics solutions. It offers an AMR picking system called the PA-AMR that runs on its cloud robotics platform “rapyuta.io.” In April 2022, the Tokyo-based company raised JPY 6.4 billion ($51 million U.S.) in Series C funding. Infinite Outsourcing Solutions is a provider of business solutions and staffing. With extensive industry experience, it said it offers tailored outsourcing services to tackle HR changes and challenges…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.29
January 03, 2023
…robot grippers and Omniverse for warehouse digital twins, while ETH Zurich is training a wheeled quadruped robot, said Andrews. Fraunhofer is developing advanced AMRs using the physically accurate and full-fidelity visualization features of Isaac Sim. Festo uses Isaac Cortex to simplify programming for cobots and transfer simulated skills to the physical robots. Flexiv is using Isaac Replicator for synthetic data generation to train AI models. While training robots is important, simulation is playing a critical role in training the human operators to work with and program robots, said NVIDIA. Ready Robotics is teaching how to program industrial robots with Isaac…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.43
June 17, 2022
…on the GPU to reduce training time, Andrews wrote. “ETH Zurich/Swiss Mile created a wheeled version of ANYbotics' ANYmal and trained a new locomotion policy in Gym,” he said. “We had a standalone version for reinforcement learning, but it's now available as part of Isaac Sim.” Omnigraph is a visual programming and scripting environment intended to simply application development and debugging. “Connecting nodes with different inputs and outputs to drive compute tasks translates well to robotics applications, which already tend to be modular,” noted Andrews. “As with passing ROS [Robot Operating System] nodes, this works well with visual programming.” Isaac…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.63
April 21, 2022
…spun out of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), where its founders worked on the RoboEarth and Cubli projects. The company said it wants to make robots more accessible by taking an open, platform-centric approach to developing and operating its systems. Rapyuta takes open, cloud-based approach Rapyuta Robotics said it provides support for the development, implementation, and operation of robots for logistics applications. The company added that it has the largest market share in Japan, where automation addresses the problems of an aging population, a low birth rate, and chronic labor shortages. Rapyuta described the PA-AMR as a…
Found in Robotics Companies & Businesses, with a score of 14.49
January 11, 2022
Verity AG's team includes Kiva Systems (now Amazon Robotics) founders and ETH Zurich engineers, systems specialists, and data scientists. It also has dedicated professionals representing more than 20 nationalities, a variety of advanced degrees, and experience from innovative companies. The company claimed that it has designed, built, and deployed the world’s first fully automated inventory tracking system powered by self-flying drones.
