Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.90
…Other hurdles include “lack of expertise in deployment and interoperability with legacy systems.” Despite COVID 19, the IOT market is still going strong, said Sam Lucero, Omdia. Data is the New Goldmine Despite COVID's impact, Lucero thinks the IOT uptake will continue. The world is expected to see “7.4 billion devices cumulatively in 2019 to 20.3 billion devices in 2025, with a compound annual growth rate of 18.3%,” he said. Certain industries are now seeing higher activities, caused by the virus outbreak. Connected healthcare solutions, wearable devices, and remote patient monitoring devices are among them. The new frontier is the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.66
…Indiana initiative, which brings stakeholders together to test the interoperability of mobility innovations and facilitate the efficient movement of people and goods. It also supports the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Sustainable Cities and Communities goal (No. 11) and Toyota's commitment to “providing mobility for all.” The autonomous shuttle service began on June 1 and serves the downtown Indianapolis and Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) communities. It operates Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and will run through Nov. 19, 2021. The service is available to the public and features five Lexus RX 450h vehicles and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.56
…automation. “We've been increasing our focus on integration and interoperability,” Coffin said. “We're very proud of the API that we've developed because it's versatile. We're able to say, 'Here you go, integrator. Here's this really in-depth operation that you can execute out of this API.'” While OSARO said its technology is modular and designed to work with nearly any robot, its Partner Alliance includes FANUC and a network of systems integrators, as well as 3PLs. The company also offers private consultations with its field staff. RaaS offers to relieve pain points The OSARO Robotic Kitting System is available through a…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.54
…can top off with other items,” he added. With heterogenous environments on the way, how does 6RS feel about interoperability standards? “This is important, and we are active in two organizations writing specifications,” said Glynn. “We're a participant in the Materials Handling Institute's Robotics Group, and Chris [Cacioppo] is working with MassRobotics and other local companies on a specification for robots to talk to one another.”
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.40
…“As mobile robot deployment in the real world accelerates, interoperability is becoming increasingly critical,” said Ryan Gariepy, CTO at OTTO Motors. “Bridging VDA5050 with ROS2 as an open-source community will promote innovation in fleet management solutions while allowing robot makers to focus on differentiation.” NVIDIA Isaac ROS Performance Isaac ROS continues to deliver hardware accelerated performance for the ROS 2 developer community for AI perception, image processing, and navigation. Autonomous robots require advanced AI and computer vision capabilities. NVIDIA Isaac ROS represents our commitment to make it easier for the robotics community to adopt these cutting-edge technologies. “NVIDIA continues to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.33
…customers to use, learn and adapt to the system. Interoperability: OTTO Motors claims it was the first AMR vendor to support the well-known AGV standard, VDA5050, empowering customers to manage dissimilar types of material handling solutions from a third-party master controller interface. New pallet types: OTTO Lifter now supports BulkPak 4845 HDMP series bins, enabling customers to move more pallets of their choice. Since its inception, OTTO Motors said it has helped customers achieve throughput improvements as high as 600% and return on investment in as little as 11 months in different industry verticals. OTTO Motors noted the launch of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.32
…Roundtable discussions will address issues including engineering design changes, interoperability, standards and testing, and directions for future research. For example, robots could conduct more tasks beyond moving materials around a factory or warehouse, noted Hayes. “One Tier 1 automotive supplier has a problem: It can get materials to a station, but it still needs humans to load and unload them,” she told Robotics 24/7. “Even if AMRs are safer and provide more manageable traffic, the question is, 'Are vendors addressing it, or is it too specific so integrators have to?'” OEMs welcome to Tech Demo Day “OEMs are welcome to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.27
…“Customers have been asking about ease of use and interoperability, concerns that have been around for years for robot arms versus AMRs,” he said. “They want flexible, fast deployment, and FetchCore is best in class. So much of the emphasis is on fulfillment, and we can deploy tens to thousands of robots in a single implementation.” “There is also some interest in case picking, and with 61,000 forklift accidents per year, on improving worker safety.” “It's a question of how to bring robotics capabilities that unburden the user,” he said. “You shoud simplify processes, engage the team, and remember that…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.15
…objects, take appropriate action, and place objects with precision. Interoperability: Integrates reliably with other warehouse automation technologies using OSARO’s modular RESTful API. Built in tracking: Tracks performance: built-in monitoring assesses and optimizes performance after installation. Shortens cycle time: OSARO’s superior vision capabilities shorten order cycle time to speed delivery and improve order accuracy. Eases labor issues: Addresses labor shortages and boosts production without adding headcount: complements and enhances existing systems with reliable vision so that they can perform 24/7—without training, breaks, injuries, or overtime. Lowers risk: Upfront assessments and multiple pricing options, including robot-as-a-service (RaaS), lower the risk of every…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.01
…hopping from place to place.” “This is not traditional interoperability,” Jonnalagadda says. “For Autodesk, interoperability [in Fusion] is about using data in its current format, using it as is. This is not about IoT; it is about data and insights; using data to augment and enhance. Our customers want the data from the field for design choices, maintenance choices and operational choices.” Connecting for product insight Engineers “know everything about the CAD model, but know little about the physical model when it is in production,” says Paul Sagar, VP of CAD Product Management at PTC. “There is no data on…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.99
…Jen, associate vice president of Advantech's Industrial IoT Group. “The key aspect of our collaboration is to ensure the interoperability of AMR ecosystem offerings and provide more comprehensive solutions to our customers.” Advantech's competencies in hardware design and manufacturing and MOV.AI's expertise in ROS-based software will result in quicker and more efficient AMR deployments, said the companies.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.86
…is part of the MassRobotics Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) Interoperability Working Group. The organization this week announced Version 1.0 of a communications standard for AMRs of different types from different vendors. “The effort is a good idea,” Poursohi said. “We haven't seen a lot of [mixed environments] yet, but we will as we start to enter warehouses where there are other machines.” Third Wave has been conducting remote onboarding as it has doubled in size to 32 employees during the pandemic. “We're looking for roboticists, machine learning experts, and engineers, and we're building out our operations team doing deployments,” said…