MassRobotics yesterday announced the participants in the Healthcare Robotics Startup Catalyst Cohort II. The Boston-based consortium selected the seven startups with partners Festo, Mitsubishi Electric, Novanta, and MITRE. The six-month program is intended to provide healthcare robotics companies with the connections, guidance, and resources they need to grow and succeed. “We are proud of the support that the MassRobotics community provides to the healthcare industry in forwarding robotics innovation and entrepreneurship,” stated Juan Necochea, manager of strategic partnerships at MassRobotics.…
…combined technology in 2023. A member of MassRobotics, American Robotics designs, develops, and markets industrial drones for rugged, real-world environments. It said the Scout System is a highly automated, AI-powered system capable of continuous, remote operation. American Robotics claimed that Scout is the first drone system approved by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration for automated operation beyond the visual line of sight (BVLOS) without a human operator on-site. American Robotics is a subsidiary of Ondas Holdings Inc., which provides private…
…the ISO [International Organization for Standards], as MassRobotics is doing. With an international body, you can have more open discussion. Right now, there are many efforts with a few people in pockets. Funding, partnerships, and industry challenges Avidbots recently raised $70 million in Series C funding. How is its market expansion going? Molina: We'll soon expand our product portfolio and add-ons, and we're also expanding to new geographic areas. We're at a beautiful inflection point for robotics. We're still at…
MassRobotics is now accepting applications for its Jumpstart Fellowship Program. The Boston nonprofit started the program to help give girls in high school the opportunity to gain hands-on technical skills and learn about the robotics industry. This is the third time MassRobotics is putting on the program. Jumpstart focuses on many technical areas, from programming to design and simulation, to hands-on building, prototyping and testing, according to MassRobotics. A key part of the Jumpstart program is making sure these young…
…the progress they have made on the MassRobotics AMR Interoperability Standard, which was first published in May 2021. Panelists included Tom Ryden, executive director of MassRobotics; Daniel Theobald, co-founder of MassRobotics, Vecna Robotics, Twisted Fields, and Mekable; Jason Walker, vice president of marketing development at Locus Robotics; and Florian Pestoni, CEO of InOrbit and co-founder of the nonprofit Robot Operations Group. MassRobotics standard provides common frame of reference The MassRobotics standard enables mobile robots to share their location and capabilities…
…interoperability standards such as VDA 5050 and MassRobotics' AMR Interoperability Standard. The company said it has long been committed to the open-source movement pushing the automation industry forward. It participated in last year’s release of a MassRobotics connector. Clearpath Robotics Inc. and InOrbit, with participation by Ekumen, have jointly contributed a new open-source package on Github. It allows any robot running on ROS2, the latest edition of the Robot Operating System, to comply with the European VDA 5050 interoperability standard…
…Robotics 24/7 named as one of “10 MassRobotics resident startups to watch,” claimed that its system can reduce automation expenses by reducing the time for welders to train robots from weeks to hours without specialized knowledge. Scalable Robotics works to ease robot instruction In addition, Scalable Robotics said its technology can make automation more adaptable and cost-effective in today's highly competitive marketplace. A welder to teach a robot by pointing to where a weld should be applied, and the robot…
Lattice Semiconductor Corp. and MassRobotics today announced a partnership to advance robotics application development in the innovation, startup, and global robotics ecosystems. Lattice Semiconductor said its strategic leadership in low-latency, low-power, and small devices will enable the partnership to be a catalyst in transforming the robotics ecosystem. “We are excited to collaborate with MassRobotics to engage with the startup community, academia, and leading research centers to accelerate their application development,” stated Matt Dobrodziej, vice president of segment marketing and business…
…Kuka) Standardization Efforts for Mobile Robot Interoperability (MassRobotics, Vecna Robotics, Locus Robotics, InOrbit) Other sessions include: The Best of Both Worlds: The Future of AGVs and AMRs (David Northup, OTTO Motors) Smart Automation: How to Prevent a Single Point of Failure in Managing AMR Fleets (Andreas Boedenauer, Agilox) Mobile Cobots Unlock Greater Flexibility and Agility (Tim DeRosett, Brooks Automation) Assumption in AMR Behaviors: How Human Expectations Have Impacted How Robots Plan (Russell Toris, Zebra Technologies) Using Warehouse Robotics Business Intelligence…
BOSTON—At MassRobotics’ fifth annual Robot Block Party this weekend, the public had an opportunity to see and touch many of the robots developed and built in Massachusetts. The event was part of RoboBoston, which included a career fair last Friday. Approximately 5,000 people attended the Robot Block Party, according to Joyce Sidopoulos, co-founder and chief of operations at MassRobotics. Over 760 people registered for the Robotics and AI Technical Career Fair—even more than expected, she added. The Robot Block Party…
…universities will showcase their latest technologies at MassRobotics' 5th annual Robot Block Party. Festo will bring its flying robotic dragonfly and swift to the family-friendly event. “Both flying robots were inspired by nature,” said a public relations representative for Festo. “The bionic dragonfly for the first time makes it possible for a single model to carry out more flight maneuvers than helicopters and motorized and non-motorized gliders combined. Fashioned after the fast-flying swift family of birds, the agile, maneuverable Festo…
…process, he was introduced to the nonprofit MassRobotics and Tom Fuhlbrigge, CEO of Scalable Robotics Inc. Scalable provides a code-free, point-and-click system that teaches a robot to make multiple precision welds. The system has the potential to reduce Trapotsis’ labor woes. And while Consolidated Sterilizer Systems is still determining if Scalable Robotics’ system is the right fit, Trapotsis said he thinks he is going to go for it. “The payback period—we went back and forth on this—is somewhere between two…
