Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 47.12
…commercial with Sam Adams, and its Spot quadruped robot, Boston Dynamics Inc. is one of the most recognizable robotics companies in the world. At the same time, Boston Dynamics is serious about providing value for industrial applications. Hyundai Motor Group acquired the company from SoftBank Group Corp. in 2021. Since then, Boston Dynamics has demonstrated Spot in many different environments; offered the Stretch robot for unloading trucks; and continued to work with developers, software and sensor providers, and corporate customers. Last month, CEO Robert Playter joined Kiva Allgood, president and CEO of Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corp., at TCs Sessions:…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 33.83
…partnered with Motional Inc. on the IONIQ 5 robotaxi. Boston Dynamics, Hyundai envision collaborative future Boston Dynamics, which Hyundai acquired last year, demonstrated its Spot quadruped robot and Atlas humanoid robot at CES 2022. Spot can collect data for inspection, construction, and security, and Atlas has demonstrated human-level agility. Hyundai showed Spot working with Logistics Mobility for last-mile delivery. Waltham, Mass.-based Boston Dynamics is also developing the Stretch robotic arm for palletizing and depalletizing. Hyundai and Boston Dynamics are already taking mobility beyond human physical limitations, said Marc Raibert, founder and chairman of Boston Dynamics. Together, they envision a future…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 31.50
…added that the retailer recently completed a pilot with Boston Dynamics' Stretch robot for automated trailer unloading in Fishkill and has ordered its first two units to be deployed in Gallatin. “We’re going to start with trailer unloading,” he said. Adoption inches to dark facilities Now, two units in one facility may not sound like a lot. But Gap Inc. started with just a few Kindred.ai robotic putwalls in Gallatin during the 2017 holiday season. Less than five years later, there are more than 240 units at work in multiple facilities across its network. Similarly, Gap launched Exotec in Gallatin…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 27.33
…award bearing his name—is a profound honor. Marc Raibert, Boston Dynamics Marc Raibert, founder, former CEO, and now chairman of Boston Dynamics, will be recognized for technology. His company is known for the BigDog, Atlas, and Spot legged robots, as well as Handle and the new Stretch truck-unloading system. Automatica to celebrate more robotics innovators Bertil Thorvaldsson, ABB At Automatica in Munich on June 20, three more winners will be celebrated. The first is Bertil Thorvaldsson, the global product manager at ABB Robotics, a global leader in power and automation technologies. He joined the company in 1976 and will receive…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 24.71
…Honeywell Intelligrated's Robotic Unloader and Articulated Arm Loader/Unloader and Boston Dynamics' Stretch. “My opinions is that we have the best approach, but Honeywell's system is impressive,” acknowledged Drumwright. “The suction approach has been tried for 15 years, and it's hard to pick up a box from the top or a single side.” “It's a huge market out there, and Boston Dynamics can find a subset of it,” he continued. “At MODEX, Stretch was operating fairly continuously, and I didn't see it drop anything, unlike every other company, which doesn't even know if something was dropped. We've had 1,000 demonstrations, and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 20.20
…do mobile manipulation. From impressive autonomous forklifts to the Boston Dynamics' Stretch, it is amazing to see that these robots are now deployed in production. It is obvious that mobile manipulation presents a very hard set of problems to solve. But with all of the advancements in GPU-enabled edge AI and computing, vendors are coming up with some truly innovative and safe new robots. Kamlager: Ours, of course! The full-stack technology approach RIOS offers enables customers to go to a single provider for AI-powered robotics with robots-as-a-service [RaaS]. It seems like AGV [automated guided vehicle] providers have figured out a…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.62
…deployments, and service-level agreements.” DHL has relationships with AutoStore, Boston Dynamics, Locus Robotics, and Vecna Robotics, among others. “The balance between existing, fixed infrastructure and flexible automation and ROI [return on investment] is based on the customer,” said Gary Allen, vice president of supply chain excellence at Ryder Supply Chain. “AMRs [autonomous mobile robots] need one and a half years, while an ASRS may take one to two years, depending on volume.” MMH's Bob Trebilcock moderated a session with Drew Bailey, vice president of design engineering at Geodis; Zac Boehm, vice president of innovative systems at Hy-Tek Intralogistics; and Stanislas…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.01
…included an autonomous pallet unloader from Fox Robotics and Boston Dynamics’ Stretch robot, which is capable of lifting individual boxes from a trailer and placing them on a conveyor belt (see video below). But workers should not be afraid of being replaced by robots, according to Kraig Forman, president of e-commerce at DHL. He said the Carhartt facility employs 380 people who work alongside the robots. The use of data is also helping make the facility more efficient, with the use of warehouse analytics resulting in a 30% increase in pick productivity. The region is also serving as a proving…