Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 28.82
…at a $2.6B valuation. Series B investors came from Microsoft, OpenAI Startup Fund, NVIDIA, Jeff Bezos (through Bezos Expeditions), Parkway Venture Capital, Intel Capital, Align Ventures, and ARK Invest. Both Microsoft and OpenAI will collaborate with Figure to develop its robots. Figure said this investment will accelerate its timeline for commercial deployment of its humanoid robot. OpenAI collaboration aims to enhancing humanoid language processing In conjunction with its Series B investment, Figure and OpenAI have entered into a collaboration agreement to develop AI models for humanoid robots, combining OpenAI's research with Figure's robotics hardware and software. The collaboration aims to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.56
…Innovative software and component providers like Brightpick, inOrbit, and Microsoft are also slated to participate. The panels will examine a range of topics and use cases: Order fulfillment Goods-to-person systems and robot operations Piece picking Collaborative robots plus vision provide precision for more applications Palletizing and automated lift trucks AI and the human-machine interface More speakers will be announced soon! Register now for the Robotics Applications Conference The Robotics Applications Conference is free, and registration is now open for all sessions. The recordings will be available for registrants to view on demand after the initial broadcast. Visit Robotics 24/7 for…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.74
…dynamic segment—its independent, entrepreneurial businesses. Facebook, Chobani, Under Armour, Microsoft, Patagonia, and many other household name brands gained their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc. 5000.” The companies in this year's list have rapidly grown revenue while facing inflation, the rising costs of capital, and persistent workforce challenges, said Inc. Business Media. “Among this year’s top 500 companies, the average median three-year revenue growth rate ticked up to an astonishing 2,238%,” it said. “In all, this year’s Inc. 5000 companies have added 1,187,266 jobs to the economy over the past three years.” “Running a business has only gotten…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.31
…Models (LLMs), setting the AI world on fire. In Microsoft's paper “ChatGPT for Robotics: Design Principles and Model Abilities,” a key challenge in applying AI innovation to robotics is observed: “Robotics is a diverse field where several platforms, scenarios, and tools exist. There exists an extensive variety of libraries and APIs….” The paper proposed a higher-level function library and prompt engineering tools to control robots with natural language. LLMs have huge potential in robotics, a topic that READY Robotics co-founder and CIO, Kel Guerin, will delve into deeper in a future article. The focus of this article is applying such…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.77
…by NVIDIA and an AI “Most Valuable Professional” by Microsoft, Vuksic got started with artificial intelligence and IT about a decade ago when working for a startup that classified tattoos with vision AI. Since then, he has worked as an engineering and technical manager, among other roles, developing IT strategies and solutions for various companies. Robotics has always interested him, as he was a huge sci-fi fan growing up. “Watching Star Wars and other films, I imagined how robots might be able to see and do stuff in the real world,” said Vuksic, also a member of the NVIDIA Developer…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.95
…to AI2 from Apple Founded in 2014 by late Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen, the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence is a nonprofit involved in foundational and generative AI research. The organization said it employs more than 200 researchers and engineers from around the world, “taking a results-oriented approach to drive fundamental advances in science, medicine, and conservation through AI.” Ali Farhadi, CEO, AI2 Farhadi is a professor at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington, where he has won several best paper awards. In 2015, Farhadi started AI2's Computer Vision team,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.77
…very much in industrial computing and have worked with Microsoft on Windows IoT,” said Jason Waldman, business development manager at Advantech. “Our technology is the 'secret sauce' for customers that want support for up to seven years, not 18 months.” Advantech, which has offices in Taipei, Taiwan, and Milpitas, Calif., has also worked with NVIDIA IGX Orin to accelerate development of industrial and healthcare applications. Last week, the company launched the IoTMart International digital commerce platform to serve small to midsize customers. Valor offers customization and control Advantech's new Valor series of industrial workstations can manage robots, automation, and other…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.07
…lab for undergraduate students. It had also collaborated with Microsoft and other companies. The university wanted to teach students about smart manufacturing through practical experience of what it can enable, and it wanted to do it at industrial scale. We spoke to [the professors] and said we could add value if it was about warehousing or manufacturing that has to be completely flexible. They explained a vision of the future where the batch scale is one—customized to a particular person—and we said, “We have to be part of this.” What technologies can students learn and build upon? Kumar: For the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.63
…and potential traffic bottlenecks. MiR Fleet is hosted on Microsoft Azure, ensuring robust data storage and security, claimed Mobile Industrial Robots. MiR Insights offers flexible data-visualization options and an API for the integration of raw data into external systems, it said. Furthermore, MiR Insights is designed for continuous evolution based on customer experience and is focused on continually improving AMR fleet operations, according to the company. FORVIA uses robots, software to optimize operations In one real-world example of how fleet management software is being used, Tier 1 automotive supplier FORVIA installed 14 AMRs from Mobile Industrial Robots at its Fauercia…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.24
…today announced that it has worked with NVIDIA and Microsoft to develop the Femto Mega RGB+Depth camera, a high-performance vision sensor for sectors such as robotics, industrial automation, and healthcare. “We are excited to announce that Orbbec is in the process of integrating the Femto Mega and other cameras with the ecosystem surrounding NVIDIA Omniverse, an open development platform for building and operating metaverse applications,” said the company in a release. “This move will enable customers using NVIDIA Isaac Sim, a robotics simulation toolkit, to swiftly design their vision systems, enhancing the realism and precision of AI system design and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.49
…software, APIs, and frameworks for generative AI running on Microsoft's Azure cloud using real-time factory data and 5G networking, enabling collaboration among multiple users around the world. “Everything is ray-traced. We do everything in CAD; no art is necessary,” Huang said. “It's one source of data across your company.” He mentioned that NVIDIA is working with WPP to build an advertising content engine using Omniverse (see video below). “Accelerated computing and generative AI—this form of computing is not like general-purpose computing,” said Huang. “It's full-stack, data center-scale, and domain-specific. We're extending it in multiple directions, from the cloud to digital…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.75
…from startups and companies such as Amazon, HP, IBM, Microsoft, and Samsung. It claimed that its growing list of customers and investors represents a wide variety of industries across Canada, the U.S., and other countries. Last spring, the company announced the completion of its Series A funding round. In November, the company received a C$30 million ($22.2 million U.S.) Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) contribution from the government of Canada, bringing its total funding to over C$100 million ($74.2 million U.S.). Sanctuary AI said it is actively raising its next funding round. To fulfill the ambitious mission of creating human-like intelligence…