Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.72
October 11, 2023
…and features, and accelerate growth. Roboticists from Google and Savioke founded Formant in 2016. Its cloud platform is designed to help robotics businesses deploy, grow, and manage their fleets. The company said it “delivers a secure data platform to operate fleets of robots at any scale through a single pane of glass.” “Formant is uniquely positioned to meet the business objectives and technical requirements of large enterprise companies operating at global scale looking to expand their robotics footprint,” said Jeff Linnell, co-founder and CEO of Formant. “Our platform now powers tens of thousands of production robots around the world across…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.50
June 12, 2023
…human-friendly robot design and software functionality, including elevator integration. In May 2022, Relay acquired fellow indoor delivery robot company Savioke. Last week, the company released the Relay2 model for hotels, which also doubled delivery capacity. Relay asserted that its robots complement staffers across hospitality, healthcare, and commercial real estate. It added that its systems have completed more than 1 million deliveries worldwide and continue to make hundreds of deliveries a day around the globe.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.13
January 17, 2023
…FieldPrinter “We've known Ted for a long time, since Savioke,” said Tessa Lau, founder and CEO of Dusty Robotics, referring to the provider of hospitality service robots. “Dusty's robots use power for mobility, compute, and the painting function.” “When we founded the company, four of us had no office space, and Ted offered up his conference room,” she recalled. “We built the first Dusty prototype in OLogic's office in 2018.” “When we designed our robot, we thought of it as a power tool for construction—it had to be reliable and robust,” Lau said. “We trusted Ted to make the right…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 32.46
May 02, 2022
…in hotels, hospitals, and commercial real estate properties soon. Savioke Inc. today announced that it has raised $10 million in Series A funding and rebranded itself as Relay Robotics Inc. The Campbell, Calif.-based company also appointed veteran technology executive Michael O'Donnell as chairman and CEO. Steve Cousins, co-founder of Savioke, will become chief technology officer of Relay Robotics and lead its product strategy and innovation efforts. “Our collective experience and expertise in AI, autonomous vehicles, and building the Relay software technology platform is paying huge dividends in driving use cases and the reliability of our robots,” stated Cousins. “We continue…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 55.49
April 20, 2022
More mobile robots are coming to the hospitality industry. Savioke Inc. this week announced that Seaview Investors LLC has added a Relay service robot to each of its hotels in the Western U.S. The companies said the service robots will perform deliveries, allowing staffers to focus on high-value tasks and improving the guest experience. “The robots contribute to the forward-thinking approach each Seaview property represents to our guests and gives us a competitive advantage in the markets we serve,” said Bob Combie, senior vice president of technology at Seaview Investors. “As we recover from the pandemic, the robots also provide…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.96
March 11, 2022
…when robots get confused.” Some of its partners include Savioke, Konica Minolta, ROS industrial, Infinium Robotics, and KONE. KABAM offers a range of indoor and outdoor robots for security, deliveries, mapping, and hospitality. The company said its robots are modular to meet individual customers’ needs. It said it is deeply inspired by automotive design. It claims that its robots have a 99.3% success rate and have logged a collective 23,700 hours of operation time. KABAM said it has knowledge in machine design, precision manufacturing, and international supply chains, as well as access to global commercial channels. The company said its…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.11
February 13, 2022
…manipulator that can help retrieve supplies. Relay+ comes from Savioke, whose AMRs were first used in hospitality. Aethon's Tug AMR can securely move pharmaceuticals, and UVD Robots supplies disinfection robots to fight hospital-acquired infections worldwide. In Houston, the Texas Medical Research Innovation Institute has tested ABB's mobile, two-armed YuMi collaborative robot to carry out tasks like pipetting liquids, carrying equipment, and sorting test tubes. Agriculture finds value in automation Farmers have started turning to mobile logistics robots to maintain, measure, and harvest fresh crops. Specialty crops are a prime application for automation, with the need to move heavy carts, narrow…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.46
January 05, 2022
…robotics division, Linnell teamed up with robotics veterans from Savioke and Redwood Robotics to found Formant. “We quickly found that every robotics company is unique,” he said. “So in addition to our core functionality, we also invested early on in APIs [application programming interfaces] to make Formant’s platform extensible and to empower customers to build custom apps inside Formant, using our data and infrastructure.” Formant offers robotics infrastructure Formant has also clarified its self-image. “From the perspective of where we've been and where we're going—a year ago, people saw us as robot command-center software,” recalled Linnell. “We also talk about…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.57
January 03, 2022
…middle ground between them.” But when Fritz was at Savioke, the service robot company chose to use third-party vendors for fleet management software rather than investing the resources that would be needed to develop a proprietary system. A closed third-party product can be a problem if the user outgrows it, he said. “What’s different about Transitive Robotics is it's open-source, so you can do whatever you want with it,” said Fritz. “Secondly, it provides all of its capabilities as independent [solutions] that you can embed in your own solution.” Fritz called integration with ERP, warehouse execution systems (WES), and other…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 41.76
December 24, 2021
…pandemic, more robots are offering to help shorthanded staffs. Savioke last week announced Relay+, the latest generation of its service robot for hotels, offices, restaurants, and hospitals. “Service robots are becoming increasingly common in the hospitality and foodservice industries,” stated Steve Cousins, founder and CEO of Savioke. “Our safe, efficient robots have made more than 850,000 deliveries since 2014. What's more, they can work 24/7/365, only need to be trained once, enable service staff to spend more time with customers, and heighten employee job satisfaction.” Founded in 2014, Savioke provides autonomous service robots that it claimed work safely, securely, reliably,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.10
May 19, 2021
…said Steve Croft, executive vice president of operations at Savioke. “On top of that, InOrbit is solving a critical need we have by bringing key data together for offline analysis as we continuously refine our technology.” “If the last year has taught us anything, it’s that it’s never too early to optimize the operation of autonomous robots,” said Michael Norrell, vice president of operations at Agility Robotics. “In order to achieve this, it’s critical that robotics companies deploy tools and infrastructure that enable continuous improvement and continuous learning across the company in order to realize the promise of this emerging…
