Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.63
…intelligence and inventory and network optimization. In 2017, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology tested drone technology using RFID tagged items. Drones could read RFID tags tens of meters away with an average error of only 19 centimeters - quite accurate given the distance. Researchers said the goal was to prevent inventory mismatches and locate individual items. “If you're carrying inventory you have inventory accuracy problems and it doesn't matter what line of business you're in, everybody has this problem,” Matt Yearling, CEO of PINC, told Supply Chain Dive. However, automated warehouse inventory systems like drones suffer from the “garbage in,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.49
…an influential player, and what made Amazon acquire the Massachusetts-based warehouse robotics company for $775 million? Mick Mountz, co-founder and former CEO of Kiva Systems, and Peter Wurman, co-founder and former chief technology officer of Kiva Systems, were the keynote speakers at this week's Robotics Invest event in Boston. Cybernetix Ventures and F-Prime Capital hosted the conference, which drew more than 300 attendees. Mountz and Wurman outlined Kiva's origins, its relationship with the Seattle-based e-commerce leader, and lessons for today's robotics startups and investors. The origin Mountz came up with the idea for Kiva Systems while working at Webvan, an…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.40
…editor for Network World, Computerworld, and various newspapers across Massachusetts, New York, and Florida. He holds a degree in journalism from Syracuse University. This year at ProMat (April 8-11 in Chicago) we are joining forces with other Robotics market leaders, including 6 River Systems, Right Hand Robotics, Magazino, Tompkins Robotics, IAM Robotics, on what we call the Passport to the Future: Robotics in the Supply Chain. This is a fun way to enhance your learning experience in the latest robotics technologies. Drop by any of the participating booths to pick up your passport and get enrolled for a chance to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.32
…the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on a prototype collaborative robot with tactile sensor technology. The ability to grasp, lift, and place food items without damaging them also has implications for manufacturing, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, and ultimately home robots, according to MERL. Robotics 24/7 recently spoke with Daniel Nikovski, manager of the data analytics group; Allan Sullivan, group manager of the computer vision group; and Anthony Vetro, vice president at MERL. Each of them has years of experience in electronics, machine learning, and robotics. They explained their work in improving robotic perception for…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.27
…director of MassRobotics, an organization dedicated to growing the Massachusetts robotics ecosystem Suzy Teele, vice president of strategic initiatives and outreach at the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute, a public-private partnership focused on improving U.S. competitiveness through automation and workforce development Aaron Prather, senior technical advisor at FedEx Express, a noted user of robotics and industry advocate Fergal Glynn, vice president of marketing at 6 River Systems, which provides collaborative autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) Lior Elazary, founder and CEO of inVia Robotics, which supplies software and robotics as a service (RaaS) Last week, we looked back at some of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.18
…using Convex Sets Project team: Dexai Robotics (principal investigator), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Topic areas addressed: Automated robotic task planning Description: Fixed manipulators perform tasks that require speed and correctness. As the restaurant industry struggles to return to pre-pandemic levels and continues to navigate workforce shortages, robotics can help to fill the gap. This project will build upon Dexai Robotics’ existing product by doubling improvement on ingredient pickup robot moving time, improving the planning time for utensil pickup, and improving on meal throughput. While the use case is focused on the food industry, the deliverables from this project could…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.08
…Dubois, co-founder and co-CEO of 6 River Systems, a Massachusetts-based mobile collaborative robotics company, says his approach is the result of the lessons learned when he worked at Kiva Systems before the company was sold to Amazon in 2012. “When we founded the company in 2015, we decided that innovation means nothing unless it brings value to the customer,” Dubois says. “So, we asked: What’s the application that can be improved in the warehouse and that was pick-to-cart? Ultimately, our ah-ha moment was that it’s really a labor and a training issue. We decided not to go after the picking…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.03
…“People can work semi-remotely or in New Hampshire or Massachusetts as needed.” “One of the great things from the Waypoint side is its ability to deploy robots on site,” he noted. “It can ship a robot to a customer, who can configure it right out of the box. There's no user guide, just a quickstart guide. We see synergy for our systems and integrating data capture. Putting MAV3K into our dashboard for a full picture in real time is a huge asset for customers and product-development teams on both sides.” In addition, Waypoint and Locus said their existing partnerships, such…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.85
…(WHOI) Autonomous Robotics and Perception Laboratory (WARPLab) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are developing a robot to study coral reefs and their ecosystems. Some 25% of coral reefs worldwide have vanished in the past three decades, and most of the remaining reefs are heading for extinction, according to the WHOI Reef Solutions Initiative. The new WARPLab autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) is part of an effort to turn the tide on reef declines, said WHOI, which claimed to be the world's largest private ocean research institution. The AUV uses an NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX module. CUREE (Curious Underwater Robot for…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.31
…fact, we are proud to be part of a Massachusetts-based initiative that supports and is advocating for seamless integration of AMRs [autonomous mobile robots], which we feel is an important next step in achieving this effort. Ease of integration is key to simplifying the adaptation of automation across the market. These efforts should be implemented not only nationally, but internationally. Elazary: I believe we need to look at interoperability at a higher level than just how robots from different vendors are systems integrated. At inVia, we're solving a more macro-level problem of how you ensure that goods flow across the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.99
…across the parking lot. Top Notch acquired its 38,000-sq.-ft. Massachusetts facility with a Boston-based company five years ago. Throughput is 3,000 orders and 4,000 packages per day at peak. “In addition to a wide selection of product, Top Notch offers customization and value-added services,” said Houlihan. “For example, they will rekey locks for a dealer who orders a number of doorknobs for a job before shipping. That way, the customer doesn’t have to spend time and resources rekeying on the jobsite.” “Our employees know our customers and our products,” he noted. “It’s difficult for us to use a lot of…