Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.11
…rely on. With over 1,500 deployments, the company’s Spot quadruped robot is already teaching hundreds of companies how to work alongside autonomous mobile robots. Boston Dynamics said it believes humanoid robots will be most effective if they are deployed with in-depth digital twin facility models and lots of data about how they operate. Boston Dynamics also recently launched its Orbit fleet management software, which provides a centralized platform to manage entire robot fleets, site maps, and digital transformation data. Currently available for Spot, Stretch and Atlas will also be integrated into this enterprise system. Humanoid robot will not be constrained…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.17
…It has also taught all kinds of robots — quadruped, bipedal, quadrotor, dexterous hands, collaborative robot arms, and others — to accomplish all kinds of tasks. Eureka generates human-level reward functions across diverse robots and tasks. Combined with curriculum learning, Eureka unlocks rapid pen-spinning capabilities on a five-fingered hand. Click to enlarge. Source: NVIDIA REsearch Researchers evaluated results The research paper evaluates 20 Eureka-trained tasks, based on open-source dexterity benchmarks that require robotic hands to demonstrate a wide range of complex manipulation skills. The results from nine Isaac Gym environments are showcased in visualizations generated using NVIDIA Omniverse. “Eureka is…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.29
…The Formant dashboard for remotely operating Boston Dynamics' Spot quadruped robot. Click on image to enlarge. Source: Formant BMW i Ventures leads round BMW i Ventures led Formant's investment, with participation from new investors Intel Capital, GS Futures. Previous investors, including SignalFire, Hillsven, Pelion Ventures, Holman, Ericsson, Goodyear Ventures, PICUS Capital, and Thursday Ventures, also participated. “Autonomous robotic systems have broken free from R&D departments and are now being deployed at scale to drive business outcomes and resilient operations,” said Kasper Sage, managing partner at BMW i Ventures. “Their proliferation across mission-critical functions, as well as support tasks for humans…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.19
…Fulfillment. Under the terms of the agreement, the Spot quadruped will support tunnel inspections and predictive maintenance activities for equipment. They will include thermal monitoring, analog gauge reading, and acoustic detection of pressurized air and gas leaks. The fleet of legged robots will also run autonomous missions, collecting data for machine learning models to support tasks such as fire-exit monitoring and detecting slight changes in storage racks to help keep Otto Group’s warehouses safe. In addition, the Otto Group will use Stretch in warehouse applications. The box-moving robot will begin unloading containers at 10 facilities next year, with the goal…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.85
…of its robots since the Hyundai acquisition. The Spot quadruped has been used for security and infrastructure inspection, and the company has developed the Stretch mobile manipulator to unload truck trailers and shipping containers. In 2021, Hyundai deployed Spot robots for safety inspections at a factory in Gwangmyeong, South Korea. DHL Supply Chain deployed Stretch in February 2023. In June, Boston Dynamics announced new capabilities for Spot and a partnership with artificial intelligence provider Levatas. Hyundai, Kia extend FIFA partnership In May, Hyundai and Kia announced the renewal of their partnerships with Zurich-based soccer association FIFA through 2030. They plan…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 27.36
On July 12, Unitree Technology Co. unveiled its latest quadruped robot—the Unitree Go2, which features embodied artificial intelligence. The company said it expects this product to revolutionize the consumer-grade quadruped robots industry, leading to a transformation of the sector. Back in June 2021, Unitree released its first side-follow bionic robot, the Go1, a technological breakthrough that attracted widespread attention and generated discussions worldwide upon its release. As a leading company in science and technology innovation, Unitree is now back, “once again leading the industry,” the company said. “Equipped with standard 4D ultra-wide lidar and empowered by GPT’s large language model,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.77
…performance of mobile robots including but not limited to quadruped robots, bipedal robots, and humanoids that operate semi-autonomously or in fully automated modes. “The ability to maintain balance has been the key challenge and primary interest for legged robot researchers for decades since the invention of these robots,” said Weng, who is chair of the subcommittee. “As a result, the standard to evaluate the balancing capabilities, to understand if it falls over under varying conditions, against different disturbances, will be a reasonable starting point for the subcommittee’s work.” The F45 subcommittee will develop standards to provide community-wide, agreed-upon references, added…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.54
…lights, a buzzer, and a speaker to help the quadruped robot signal its intentions. “We’ve also added a feature called moving object detection, which can be turned on anytime a Spot EAP 2 payload is attached,” said Boston Dynamics. “Using this payload’s lidar, the robot can detect moving objects such as people or forklifts. When the robot identifies a moving object in its path, it will signal, keep a safe distance, and exercise increased caution as it continues on its mission.” A beta feature enables the Spot Arm to autonomously open doors during Autowalk missions. Boston Dynamics is offering a…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 30.24
…that it was one of the first developers of quadruped robots for autonomous inspection in Asia. It said its proprietary products have now been deployed in exploration, public rescue, and other industrial applications. More than 60% of DEEP Robotics’ team is working in research and development, said the company. DEEP Robotics said its partners include Tencent and Alibaba. Lite3 series comes in four versions DEEP Robotics said it offers the new Lite3 series in four models: a basic one designed for technology enthusiasts, plus three more advanced versions designed for scientific study purposes. The robot's features include DEEP Robotics’ latest…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 23.28
With the recent wave of developments in quadruped and biped robots comes a need for standards. ASTM International’s F45 Committee on Robotics, Automation, and Autonomous Systems has approved the creation of a new subcommittee—F45.06 Legged Robot System. It will focus on developing standards for this type of robot regardless of its application be it industrial or service related. The new subcommittee will be chaired by F45 member Bowen Weng, a technical specialist at the Transportation Research Center in East Liberty, Ohio, and a Ph.D. candidate at The Ohio State University. ASTM defines scope of legged robot subcommittee “The scope of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.40
…Boston Dynamics, he helped create robots like Spot, a quadruped that can navigate stairs and even open doors for itself. Initially, the DGX H100 will tackle tasks in reinforcement learning, a key technique in robotics. Later, it will run AI inference jobs while connected directly to prototype bots in the lab. “It’s an extremely high-performance computer in a relatively compact footprint, so it provides an easy way for us to develop and deploy AI models,” said Rizzi. Born to run generative AI You don’t have to be a world-class research outfit or Fortune 500 company to use a DGX H100.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 19.50
…price advantage over its competitors. Robot Robotics also develops mobile manipulators (autonomous robots for industrial use), medical robots, and biped/quadruped walking robots.