Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 38.08
December 15, 2023
…been selected to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) 10-Year Lunar Architecture (LunA-10) capability study, a pivotal initiative aimed at developing foundational technology concepts that move toward a series of shareable, scalable systems that interoperate and optimize lunar infrastructure. With its inclusion in the program, GITAI is poised to play a crucial role in advancing commercial lunar exploration over the next decade. GITAI’s winning proposal revolves around a concept for the deployment of modular, multi-purpose Inchworm robots equipped with tool-changeable end effectors to conduct lunar surface labor. The robots are designed to handle various tasks, from construction to maintenance…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.83
August 29, 2023
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…and director of operations while working on contacts for DARPA, NIST, and the National Science Foundation. He helped grow CyPhy Works into a leading tethered drone supplier in North America. Prior to CyPhy Works, Walker was the quality and testing manager for the Roomba vacuuming robot at iRobot. He received a BSEE with a concentration in robotics and control systems from Kansas State University. Ruddick Lawrence Co-founder and chief technology officer Rapid Robotics Ruddick has spent his entire career working in robotics, hardware, and manufacturing. Most recently he was vice president of engineering at Carbon Robotics, where he led the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.23
August 23, 2023
…development have gone into Apollo, coming out of the DARPA Robotics Challenge,” Cardenas told Robotics 24/7. “We've always believed that versatile, multipurpose robots were the future, but the technology wasn't there yet in 2016.” Modular machine the result of many lessons Apptronik added that Apollo is built on research with 10 previous “general-purpose” robots, including work on NASA Valkyrie. “Since the early days of Apptronik, we've been looking for performance,” recalled Cardenas. “We wanted electric actuators to do what hydraulics could do, and we wanted robustness and low cost.” Cardenas said his team learned about safety from its development of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.81
July 10, 2023
…Diez said he is itching to expand from a DARPA-funded project to new deployments in the municipal and energy sectors. “We have done a lot of different types of inspections related to ship pylons,” noted the startup founder. “Now, we have [Florida’s] Department of Transportation interested in this technology,” said the startup founder. “What I realized over the last year or so is that defense has its own speed. You cannot really push it,” Diez added. “There is a specific group now in defense that is encouraging us, but it takes a couple of years.” The Navigator transitions from surface…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.31
June 04, 2023
…other hand, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently finalized its first live-flight demonstration of air combat algorithms with an F-16 fighter jet. This was a big step forward in DARPA’s Air Combat Evolution (ACE) program, established in 2019. Data-driven advanced algorithms will transform everything from air traffic control, ticket pricing, crew and maintenance planning, and language processing in cabins and aircraft assembly. Autonomous aircraft software examples Numerous products are available in the autonomous aircraft software market. Here are a few trending examples: AirMap: AirMap is designed to enable safe and efficient drone flight in different environmental conditions,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.20
April 03, 2023
…quickly transporting diverse objects from place to place using the legs or arms. The research is supported by the DARPA Machine Common Sense Program, the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, the National Science Foundation (NSF) Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions, the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, and the U.S. Air Force Artificial Intelligence Accelerator. The paper will be presented at the 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA).
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.53
March 02, 2023
…Cognition (IHMC), where he led a team in the DARPA Humanoid Robotics Challenge. Figure said its team completed its full-scale humanoid build in just six months, and it plans to begin testing in the coming months. According to the company, Figure 01 “combines the dexterity of the human form with cutting-edge AI to perform a wide range of tasks in various industries, such as manufacturing, logistics, warehousing, and retail.” Figure 01 is 5 ft., 6 in. (167 cm) tall and will take advantage of ongoing advances in AI, according to Figure. Source: Figure AI Long-term goal is for humanoids to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.62
February 09, 2023
…the world, including the NASA Valkyrie Robot for the DARPA Robotics Challenge. Other projects include Astra, an upper-body humanoid robot that has “state-of-the-art actuation packed into a small form, enabling it to be placed on any mobility platform,” said Apptronik. It has also developed Apollo, a NASA-backed versatile humanoid designed to scale and apply to numerous applications. Apptronik said its agreement with Terex is its latest achievement after a busy 2022. The brand raised nearly $15 million in its seed round and said it expects to make a humanoid robot available for commercial orders later this year. It said it…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.70
January 28, 2023
…of these weather conditions. It’s no surprise then that DARPA has expressed interest “for the possibility of building structures for coastal protection against erosion and sea level rise.” Defending against increasingly common severe weather threats will require future-proofing infrastructure along coasts. Self-building modular robotics could automate the process of building coastal protection structures, making this massive infrastructure project far more manageable. The autonomous scaling capability of MIT’s modular robotics system would allow it to adapt to different building projects effortlessly as the need arises. Self-building modular robotics — a vital solution Self-building modular robotics is an exciting innovation for many…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.24
September 02, 2022
…years. We came out of grad school with the DARPA Robotics Challenge. People said, “See you in 20 years,” but that conversation has changed. It's now clear that robotics has tremendous utility and potential value. Industry should manage expectations What tasks won't or shouldn't robots do? Cardenas: I take a long-term view of this. Robots should be doing things that we don’t want to do to free us up for the things we do want to do. For example, my wife said that if we had a robot to do the laundry, imagine how much time we could save. There's…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.07
August 15, 2022
…Robotics.” RightHand Robotics was founded in 2015 by a DARPA challenge-winning team from the Harvard Biorobotics Lab, the Yale GRAB Lab, and MIT. The team said it was intent on bringing grasping intelligence powered by computer vision and applied machine learning to solve real-world problems. The company is based in Somerville, Mass. RightHand said the Gartner report shares significant findings and recommendations for customers looking to buy autonomous systems. The firm observed a strong and growing interest in robots for use in warehouses, distribution centers, and manufacturing environments. What is Intralogistics Smart Robotics? Gartner describes intralogistics smart robotics (ISRs) as…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.13
June 30, 2022
…a number of years, dating back to before the DARPA Robotics Challenge. We have had the opportunity to work with some of the leading groups trying to solve these problems and we have seen what is coming. General-purpose robots are the future, and they are coming. We have been to the mountaintop, and we have seen the Promised Land. The technology is now ready to come out of labs and into the real world. We intend to help lead the way. How far along in development are you? Cardenas: We have built a wide number of different iterations of these…
