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…2.2 m/s (4.9 mph). ABB to demo Covariant Brain In addition, ABB said it plans to demonstrate the integration of its IRB 1300 robot arm with Covariant's artificial intelligence. “The growing demand for e-commerce fulfillment services and the complex, labor-intensive nature of the process offers unique potential for intelligent automation,” the company said. “While robots are ideally suited to repetitive tasks, until now, they lacked the intelligence to identify and handle tens of thousands of constantly changing products in a…
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…and Logistics Conference last month in Memphis. Covariant aids AI-based robots AI-based piece picking is still an advanced application for robots, making it difficult end-user organizations to compare them with established categories of materials handling automation, said Ted Stinson, chief operating officer at manipulation AI provider Covariant. After all, how does one determine if an AI-driven arm and gripper can actually handle the rapidly changing SKU mixes seen in modern e-commerce? Flashy presentations from a dozen or more vendors can’t…
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…Embodied Intelligence Inc., which does business as Covariant, yesterday said it has raised $80 million in Series C funding. The Berkeley, Calif.-based company said it will use the money to continue its robotics and AI research and development, as well as grow its team globally. “Autonomous order picking has long been seen as the holy grail for warehouse automation in the robotics world,” stated Pieter Abbeel, president, chief scientist, and co-founder of Covariant. “It's a very hard problem, but thanks…
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…Modex event, KNAPP announced a partnership with Covariant, an AI robotics technology vendor, to enhance KNAPP’s piece picking robot solution. The solution already is in use at several customer sites, including at Obeta, a German electrical supply wholesaler. Reader says that by employing AI, piece picking robots don’t have to be trained on each item, and can improve over time on how to grasp items. “Our solution is using an AI engine with deep learning to identify SKUs and adjust…
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…products, and showed how a partnership with Covariant is helping it create AI-enabled robots for the fulfillment environment. Knapp’s executives gave the audience an update on the OSR Shuttle Evo, of which the company has sold more than 15,000 units since introducing it two years ago. Launched last year, the Pick-It-Easy Evo offers a modular option that can be adapted to any facility. Knapp’s PIE Robot is cloud integrated and features self-learning capabilities that build and enhance its SKU database.…
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…industrial robots, and Silicon Valley AI start-up, Covariant, today announced a partnership to bring AI-enabled robotics solutions to market, starting with a fully autonomous warehouse order fulfillment solution. The partnership brings together the two companies with a shared vision for robotics enabled by AI, where intelligent robots work alongside humans in dynamic environments, collectively learning and improving with every task completed. Given the accelerated global growth experienced in the e-commerce sector, ABB identified a significant opportunity for AI-enabled robotics solutions…
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…AIA and RIA recently announced that leading researchers Ken Goldberg (UC Berkeley) and Pieter Abbeel (covariant.ai & UC Berkeley), will be two of the several keynote sessions at the event. Breakout sessions at CRAV.ai will feature presentations from market leaders in robotics, vision, and AI, and the accompanying tabletop exhibition will showcase the technologies live during two full days of open exhibits. For more information, visit the crav.ai website.
