Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.99
August 19, 2024
…and place pallets. To facilitate feedback to its pallet manipulation stack, Panzarella said Seegrid uses time-of-flight cameras and lidar to estimate the pose of a pallet when picking or the facility infrastructure (e.g., tables and racks) when placing. Pallets in the real-world are often damaged or presented to the AMRs with high levels of variability. Computer vision systems need to be resilient enough to tolerate these disturbances to reliably determine the position and orientation of the pallet as well as estimate the location of the fork pockets. One particular challenge Panzarella noted is occlusions, often from facility infrastructure, that blocks…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 24.14
August 12, 2024
…end effector for a humanoid robot to achieve object manipulation. XHand says that the hand has 12 active degrees of freedom. It boasts built-in tactile sensors, a simple transmission structure, powerful motor joints and other in-house technologies. They not only bolster motion control precision, but also contribute to smooth and reliable operation. Embedded into each fingertip of the XHand are highly sensitive array sensors that collect and generate information including the size, shape, texture, softness and force feedback of the object being grasped. The dexterous hand generates a maximum force of 80 neutrons and exceeds human capabilities in object grasping.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.73
July 14, 2024
…labor shortages. The robots operate using Chef's original food manipulation software, ChefOS. Training AI on 20 million real-world meals produced Unlike other robotics startups in the food and beverage industry, Chef's go-to market is food manufacturing - not restaurants - where the company can partially automate a food operation and add value in production to customers without requiring 100% full autonomy from the get-go. This strategy can enable Chef’s engineers to train ChefOS on real-world data accumulated from robots deployed at customer production sites in six cities across North America. To date, Chef has already completed over 20 million servings…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.50
June 27, 2024
Agility Robotics, creator of the Digit bipedal humanoid mobile manipulation robot (MMR), and pure-play contract logistics provider GXO Logistics, Inc. announced today that they have signed a multi-year agreement to begin deploying Digit in GXO’s logistics operations. The companies claim their agreement is both the industry’s first formal commercial deployment of humanoid robots and first robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) deployment of humanoid robots. The agreement follows a proof-of-concept pilot in late 2023 at GXO’s warehouse for global women’s apparel retail brand SPANX outside Atlanta, Ga. “We’re building on the success of last year’s groundbreaking pilot with Agility by deploying fully operational Digit…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.08
June 26, 2024
…systems designed to enable robot companies to deploy robotic manipulation in complex and unstructured applications. “Robotic vision has undergone a revolution over the past decade and is continuing to accelerate with new AI approaches,” said Mark Skapinker, Brightspark Ventures co-founder and partner. “We expect robotic manipulation to quickly follow in the footsteps of robotic vision.” Forcen to scale beyond custom design with new development options Forcen said its technology is already moving into production for customers in surgical, logistics, and aerospace robotics. “We’re excited for our customers to announce the robots they’ve been working on with our technology,” said Robert…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.75
June 10, 2024
…Perceptor acceleration libraries, as well as its AI robot manipulation arms, which are powered by NVIDIA Isaac Manipulator AI models. Foxconn virtual factory. Source: NVIDIA “AI and robotics are poised to revolutionize manufacturing, enhancing safety on factory floors and driving significant operational efficiencies,” said Young Liu, CEO and chairman of Foxconn. “By integrating NVIDIA Omniverse, Metropolis and Isaac into our operations, we can create sophisticated digital twins of our factories to train robots, optimizing workflows with unprecedented precision and reducing costs.” Delta Electronics, a manufacturing company in electronics and IoT-based smart green solutions, is using NVIDIA Isaac Sim, an extensible…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.97
May 24, 2024
…Leveraging the power of GraphQL open-source data query and manipulation language, Remote.It said its latest technology can empower customers to oversee and enhance an extensive range of devices, including internet of things (IoT) devices deployed in various environments. The API facilitates configuration updates, software upgrades, and data capture, which the company said can streamline operations across any fleet. “Clever First Aid relies on Remote.It's scripting solution to manage our entire fleet without logging into each individual device,” said Steve Mann, Clever First Aid CTO. “This empowers us to focus on driving innovation and delivering exceptional experiences to our customers, while…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.29
May 13, 2024
…partnership, Zion will offer Agility’s Digit bipedal humanoid mobile manipulation robot (MMR) to the supply chain industry. While many companies have turned to automation to increase warehouse efficiency and productivity, Agility said there remain a series of tasks that are difficult to automate and nearly impossible to keep filled due to high turnover, high injury rates, and an ever-growing labor gap. Agility said its humanoid robots are designed to execute exactly these types of monotonous bulk material handling and movement tasks that connect isolated manual and automated workflows. Zion works with its customers to design intelligent concepts and address complex…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.98
May 06, 2024
…technologies to advance the complex field of autonomous robotic manipulation. At Automate 2024 in Chicago, Intrinsic is spotlighting leaps in robotic grasping and industrial scalability assisted by foundation models enabled by NVIDIA Isaac Manipulator, unlocking new value in industrial automation with AI. Foundation models at heart of data relationships NVIDIA unveiled Isaac Manipulator at GTC in March. Isaac Manipulator is a collection of foundation models and modular GPU-accelerated libraries that help industrial automation companies build scalable and repeatable workflows for dynamic manipulation tasks by accelerating AI model training and task reprogramming. Foundation models are based on a transformer deep learning…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.86
April 22, 2024
…gripper variations to meet a diverse set of expected manipulation needs in customer environments. Boston Dynamics said Atlas’ humanoid form factor doesn’t limit its vision of how a bipedal robot can move, what tools it needs to succeed, and how it can help people accomplish more. The company is equipping Atlas to move in the most efficient way possible to complete a task, rather than being constrained by a human range of motion. Atlas will move in ways that exceed human capabilities. The company said it has focused on legged robots because it wanted to build robots that could balance…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.11
March 18, 2024
…the building of scalable and repeatable workflows for dynamic manipulation tasks by accelerating AI model training and task programming. “Incorporating new tools for foundation model generation into the Isaac platform accelerates the development of smarter, more flexible robots that can be generalized to do many tasks,'' said Deepu Talla, vice president of robotics and edge computing at NVIDIA. Leading robotics companies Yaskawa, Solomon, PickNik Robotics, READY Robotics, Franka Robotics, and Universal Robots, a Teradyne company, are partnering with NVIDIA to bring Isaac Manipulator to their customers. “By bringing NVIDIA AI tools and capabilities to Yaskawa's automation solutions, we're pushing the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 21.93
March 11, 2024
Agility Robotics, creator of the bipedal Mobile Manipulation Robot (MMR) Digit, unveiled Agility Arc, a cloud automation platform for deploying and managing Digit fleets. The Oregon-based company released the news at MODEX 2024. Agility Arc to manage Digit deployment lifecycles As customers begin deploying Digit for use in their operations, Agility Arc is designed to simplify the deployment lifecycle. From facility mapping and workflow definition to operational management and troubleshooting, Agility Arc hopes to make managing Digit fleets smooth and straightforward. Furthermore, Agility Arc will streamline fleet support, making it easier to see alerts, troubleshoot problems and contact customer support…
