Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.43
February 02, 2021
Siemens Digital Industries Software and MaRS Discovery District, a Toronto-based innovation hub, have partnered to provide over 1,400 Canadian science and technology companies with access to Siemens’ Xcelerator portfolio of software and services to support and accelerate the development of autonomous and connected vehicle technologies. The design and simulation software can help companies in the MaRS ecosystem conduct early design development and advanced verification of autonomous function and performance systems. “Through this partnership with Siemens, we will provide our community with access to a complete autonomous vehicle software platform for complex system design, from ideation through realization,” says Oshoma Momoh,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.88
April 19, 2021
…and a journey of millions of miles, the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter flew for the first time today, marking the first controlled, powered flight on another planet. Data was received via the Perseverance Mars rover at 6:46 a.m. EDT (3:46 a.m. PDT). “The Wright Brothers showed that powered flight in Earth's atmosphere was possible, using an experimental aircraft,” stated Håvard Grip, Ingenuity's chief pilot at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA JPL) in Pasadena, Calif. “With Ingenuity, we're trying to do the same for Mars.” “Ingenuity is the latest in a long and storied tradition of NASA…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.45
May 02, 2021
…has more plans for the Ingenuity robotic helicopter on Mars. The flight had been delayed because of a software problem, but it then successfully climbed to an altitude of 5 meters (16 feet) and flew about 133 m (436 ft.) and back toward the Perseverance rover for round trip of 117 seconds and 266 m (872 ft.). This flight surpassed the records set in the drone's third flight on April 25. NASA took more pictures with Ingenuity's black-and-white navigation camera and its color camera. The agency said it plans to use some stereo images to create 3D imagery of the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.32
August 07, 2018
Welcome Mars settlers! Please print your habitat here. If what NASA envisions becomes a reality, such a sign may very well greet the pioneering earthlings who decide to relocate to Mars. In late 2015, as part of its Centennial Challenges program, NASA held a design competition “to build a 3D-printed habitat for deep space exploration, including the agency’s journey to Mars. The multi-phase challenge is designed to advance the construction technology needed to create sustainable housing solutions for Earth and beyond.” The teams were asked to not only render their concepts in Building Information Modeling (BIM) software but also to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.74
September 03, 2021
The latest National Aerospace and Space Administration mission to Mars continues the agency's exploration of the red planet for signs of ancient microbial life, preparation for eventual human missions, and demonstration of new robotics technologies. NASA's Perseverance rover sent data this week indicating that it has successfully cored its first Martian rock. The initial images showed an intact sample present in the tube, but additional images taken after the robot arm acquiried the sample were inconclusive because of poor sunlight conditions. Another round of images with better lighting will be taken before the sample processing continues, said NASA. The Perseverance…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.24
February 18, 2021
…emerging category, Siemens Digital Industries Software has partnered with MaRS Discovery District, a Toronto-based innovation hub, to provide its member companies with access to Siemens’ Xcelerator portfolio of software. As part of the relationship, eligible companies will gain a year of free access to Siemens’ NX Mock3 CAD software, Simcenter PreScan simulation tools, and Teamcenter PLM platform. Within its ecosystem, the MaRS Discovery District hosts about 1,400 Canadian science and technology companies, many of which are working on advancing autonomous and connected vehicle design. “AV, connected vehicles, and intelligent transportation infrastructure are among the six areas where we are focusing…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.50
July 23, 2022
…for its Automower to sing “Happy Birthday” for the Mars Curiosity Rover. Curiosity, the most advanced data-collection system sent to Mars to date, was engineered to sing “Happy Birthday” on its first birthday. “Sadly, since 2012, its birthdays have gone uncelebrated in order to save battery life,” stated Husqvarna. “As our robots on earth are so loved and so much part of family life, we thought we´d extend that love all the way into space,” said Linda Lindqvist, product manager for robotics at Husqvarna. “From a choir of robots on earth to the loneliest robot in the universe—Happy Birthday!” Since…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.51
August 31, 2023
…M4, which now could be part of future NASA Mars Rover missions. The M4 Morphobot is powered by the NVIDIA Jetson platform for artificial intelligence at the edge and robotics. The institute called the robot the M4 because it can fly, drive, walk, and do eight permutations of motion through a combination of its skills. “It grew in the number of functions that we wanted to do,” said Gharib, a professor of aeronautics and bioinspired engineering at Caltech, in a blog post. “When we proposed it to our design team, at first, they all said, ‘No.’” NASA JPL continues development…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.44
August 13, 2021
…II of the Modular Autonomy and Robotic Software, or MARS, program. The MARS program involves the collaborative migration of Robotic Technology Kernel (RTK) software modules from ROS into ROS 2. “With ROS being officially deprecated in 2025, this collaborative migration is essential to equip the DoD and the entire ground-vehicle robotics industry with a set of common robotic capabilities across a variety of platforms and programs to succeed in the ground vehicles space for the next 10 to 20 years,” stated Mark Gordon, president and CEO of Stratom. “At Stratom, we are now well-positioned as a thought leader in the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.23
June 22, 2022
…workplace. And that innovation continues.” In conjunction with its re:MARS event today, Amazon announced Proteus, its first fully autonomous mobile robot (AMR), as well as the Cardinal robotic workcell, the Amazon Robotics Identification (AR ID) for package scanning, and the Containerized Storage System. To learn more about each system, see the slideshow at right. New systems join existing robot fleet The Seattle-based e-commerce company noted that it has used more than 520,000 robotic drive units and hired over 1 million people worldwide in the past decade. It already uses more than a dozen types of robots, including robotic arms and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.17
March 31, 2022
…with Blue Origin LLC. PickNik to support LIFE on Mars LIFE is a modular, three-story commercial habitation and science platform for LEO, Mars transport, and lunar and Mars surface habitation. It will provide opportunities for industries including manufacturing and pharmaceuticals to optimize the zero-gravity benefits of space, said PickNik Robotics. The company plans to provide technical expertise to Sierra Space for further development of supervised autonomy technology, including requirements gathering, workspace analysis, and hardware selection. PickNik will also support Sierra Space in developing concept simulations of robots for use on Space Stations. In addition, PickNik said it will provide software…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.05
June 07, 2022
…stability, said the companies. Miso to present at Amazon re:MARS Kruger will present on “How Miso Robotics Built an AI-Enabled Robot Fry Cook” at Amazon re:MARS in Las Vegas on June 22, 2022. The breakout session will examine how the company overcame challenges and the methods it used to develop Flippy 2 and Flippy Lite from prototypes to products for the kitchens of the future. Amazon re:MARS, which takes place from June 21 to 24, brings together thought leaders and technical experts who are building the future of artificial intelligence and machine learning, said AWS. Attendees can learn how to…
