Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 36.89
MakerBot, a subsidiary of Stratasys, joins the Google for Education Integrated Solutions Initiative to deliver a 3D printing experience for teachers and students. The MakerBot Cloud integration with Google For Education provides teachers with familiar tools as they get started with 3D printing with their students. The MakerBot Cloud platform, MakerBot’s print preparation and management solution, is now integrated with Google for Education to provide educators and students with an easy 3D printing workflow. One of the key challenges that teachers face when using 3D printers as a learning tool is how to best manage student submissions and print files.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 30.88
Brain Corp. last week announced that it will adopt Google Cloud as the core technical infrastructure for the management of its fleet of autonomous mobile robots, or AMRs. “With the scale and speed of growth of AMRs now powered by BrainOS, it’s essential that we have the most powerful technology infrastructure underpinning it,” said Jon Thomason, chief technical officer at Brain Corp. “Using the Google Cloud Platform enables us to deliver an elevated experience to our customers, providing a mobile-first platform with near real-time data availability and data security at its core. It also provides the tools and rich integration…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 28.16
…Linnell is the founder and CEO of San Francisco-based Formant Inc. He previously served as head of robotics at Google X. Prior to joining Google, Linnell founded Bot & Dolly, an engineering studio specializing in automation, and Autofuss, both of which were acquired by Google.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 26.52
The Google Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) lab focuses on the future of products and production, using problem-solving methods accessible to any company. Discover how the team used the Formlabs Form 2 and High Temp Resin to develop a process enabling them to bypass a complicated supply chain and cut turnaround time for a component by 85% and saving over $100,000. The team, according to Formlabs, was stuck. They were in the pre-production manufacturing phase dialing in the overmolding process for a wearable device, and needed faster results. The process was novel, the supply chain was complex, and they had…
Found in Robotics Companies & Businesses, with a score of 24.62
Waymo began in 2009 as the Google self-driving car project. The company's Waymo Driver uses multiple sensors and machine learning to enable fully autonomous cars and trucks with the goal of improving transportation safety and efficiency. It is testing Waymo One driverless ride-hailing service in several cities, while the Waymo Via business unit has partnered to develop autonomous trucks for cross-country freight and local deliveries.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 23.23
As reported by Bloomberg, an offshoot of Alphabet Inc.’s Google has become the first drone operator to receive government approval as an airline, an important step that gives it the legal authority to begin dropping products to actual customers. The subsidiary, Wing Aviation LLC, now has the same certifications that smaller airlines receive from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Transportation. It plans to begin routine deliveries of small consumer items in two rural communities in Virginia within months, the company said. From Bloomberg: Google Spinoff’s Drone Delivery Business First to Get FAA Approval Recode reports that…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 21.94
…Levandowski came to Uber after a long stint at Google, where he shepherded that company’s own self-driving car project before it was spun off into a standalone business called Waymo. Earlier this year, Waymo filed a lawsuit against Uber, alleging that Levandowski stole some 14,000 documents from Waymo, and that the information became the technological basis for Uber’s self-driving cars. Levandowski had already stepped away from running Uber’s self-driving car project, with the company moving him to an operations role in late April. Uber has denied the allegations against Levandowski, and in the meantime has been trying to prove in…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 19.87
…it plans to combine its supply chain expertise with Google Cloud's artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies. The Atlanta-based company said its partnership will bolster supply chain resilience and deliver go-to-market systems. “This partnership is a continuation of our invaluable collaboration with the Google Cloud team, whose keen interest in helping us build and test the next generation of warehouse management solutions makes this alliance a perfect match for our growth strategy,” stated Dee Cusack, chief technology officer of Dematic. “Through this partnership, we are helping our customers advance their positions in the industry.” Dematic designs, builds, and supports intelligent…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 19.74
…as a service (IaaS) providers such as Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Alibaba and IBM; cloud-based collaboration and application providers; telecom operators providing cloud services; cloud connectivity partners; and colocation data centers. The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted several examples of processes that can be digitized and virtualized,” Bicknell continues. “Google has told job seekers it will conduct all interviews virtually via Google Hangouts for the foreseeable future. Corporate video conferencing is enabling both legal and medical case discussions, while telemedicine is being used to provide COVID-19 remote diagnosis and treatment. “The necessary wider move to cloud will now pose questions for organizations…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 19.54
…multiphysics solvers with scalable cloud supercomputers from AWS and Google Cloud. According to the company, OnScale Solve does not require any installation and can be accessed via a secure web-based connection to any web browser. The solution features multiphysics solvers, automation of tasks such as CAD repair and meshing, scalable cloud supercomputer infrastructure, intuitive UI/UX and integrated workflows, and integration with Jupyter notebooks and Cloud AI tools. Subscribers can open a Free Private account that includes 500 core-hours per year. Users can perform mechanical, thermal, and coupled thermal-mechanical analysis. The company plans to develop dynamic mechanical, nonlinear mechanics, thermal-fluid, FSI,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 18.07
…is the “flying car” company that’s financially backed by Google founder Larry Page, and today it has published the first video of its prototype aircraft (see video above). The company describes the Kitty Hawk Flyer as an “all-electric aircraft” that is designed to operate over water and doesn’t require a pilot’s license to fly. Kitty Hawk promises people will be able to learn to fly the Flyer “in minutes.” A consumer version will be available by the end of this year, the company says. The video is part commercial and part test footage, starting with a lakeside conversation between friends…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.02
…Machine Learning: New Perspectives and Strategies (Nov. 13, 9:15 a.m.-10:15 a.m.) Vincent Vanhoucke, principal scientist and director of robotics, Google ● Present State and Future Directions for Intelligent Vision-Based Collaborative Robots (Nov. 13, 4 p.m. - 5 p.m.) Henrik Christensen, Qualcomm Chancellor’s Chair in Robot Systems, professor of computer science at UC San Diego and director of the Institute for Contextual Robotic, UC San Diego; and co-founder, Robust.AI. Last year, CRAV.ai drew more than 500 attendees, including engineers and decision makers from companies like Google, Apple, Intel, Lockheed Martin, Toyota and many more. The full agenda can be found here:…