Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 51.59
August 05, 2021
…is using its Velodyne Puck lidar sensors with its ANYmal quadruped robot to help automate inspections and support efforts to monitor and maintain industrial plants. “Velodyne’s lidar sensors provide ANYmal with a constant stream of high-resolution, 3D information about its surroundings, helping the robot safely map and patrol complex and harsh environments,” said Daniel Lopez Madrid, team leader for perception at ANYbotics. “The sensors enable precise localization and mapping capabilities our robots need to understand the physical environment they are operating in and any changes such as moving people and objects.” San Jose, Calif.-based Velodyne Lidar said its real-time, surround-view…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 29.28
May 16, 2023
…round. The Zurich, Switzerland-based company said its legged robot, ANYmal is highly mobile, ruggedized, and designed for industrial use. It is being used by companies such as PETRONAS, Shell, SLB, Outokumpu, Siemens Energy, BASF, and Vale to complete inspection tasks. ANYbotics was founded in 2016 and said its mission is to transform the way industries operate by automating manual and hazardous tasks. It primarily serves customers who work in oil and gas, chemicals, power, mining, metals and minerals, and the utilities. The company noted that its funding comes as the demand for robotic solutions surges in heavy industries that are…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 21.90
June 17, 2022
…“ETH Zurich/Swiss Mile created a wheeled version of ANYbotics' ANYmal and trained a new locomotion policy in Gym,” he said. “We had a standalone version for reinforcement learning, but it's now available as part of Isaac Sim.” Omnigraph is a visual programming and scripting environment intended to simply application development and debugging. “Connecting nodes with different inputs and outputs to drive compute tasks translates well to robotics applications, which already tend to be modular,” noted Andrews. “As with passing ROS [Robot Operating System] nodes, this works well with visual programming.” Isaac Sim/Gazebo Connector is a feature to allow ROS developers…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.97
September 27, 2021
…set of robots with the prime systems being four ANYmal C legged systems and aerial drones. In the Prize Round of the Final Event, the team won the competition and scored 23 points by correctly detecting and localizing 23 of 40 of the artifacts that DARPA had placed inside the environment. “We are delighted to have done so well,” said Prof. Maurice Fallon, lead of the Oxford University team that was part of CERBERUS. “Contributing to CERBERUS has really accelerated our research. After three years of preparation, it was fantastic to test it in the DARPA’s complex underground maze.” Systems…
