Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.79
October 18, 2023
…identified in the research, said the partners. It is available on HowToRobot's website. HowToRobot collaborated with AER Automation and Gain & Co. for a similar study in 2021.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.37
October 06, 2023
…requirements. NVentures, NVIDIA’s venture capital arm, and Innovation Endeavors co-led the funding round, according to the announcement. Additional contributions from other new and existing vendors brought the total raised by Machina Labs to $45 million. “With their deep heritage in artificial intelligence and high-performance computing, we are looking forward to NVIDIA’s support as we further develop our AI and simulation capabilities,” said Edward Mehr, co-founder and CEO of Machina Labs. “This Series B funding underscores the transformative potential of merging robotics and artificial intelligence,” he said. “With this support, we are poised to develop the next generation of manufacturing floors—ones…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.43
September 03, 2023
…of robotics forward at an astonishing pace. Robotic hands gain human-like receptors The profound connection between the human experience and the nuances of touch is well known. Our tactile senses, orchestrated by a network of intricate receptors known as the somatosensory system, allow us to comprehend the world around us. This system enables us to differentiate between sensations like hot and cold, rough and smooth, and even pain and tickling. Given the sophistication of this sensory process, replicating it within robotics, particularly in their extremities, has been a challenge historically. However, new approaches to introducing human-like receptors into the hands…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.78
September 01, 2023
…arms have been reaching into new applications as they gain capabilities. The new UR20 cobot from Universal Robots A/S will be on display at FABTECH, which is billed as “North America’s biggest metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing event.” The new robot has an additional 18 in. of reach radius, or a 36-in. diameter increase, greatly broadening the range of weldments that will be achievable in a given fixture setup, said Josh Pawley, co-founder of Vectis Automation, a Universal Robots partner. “Vectis Automation is ecstatic to offer the long-reach UR20 arm onto our integrated cobot welding and cutting tools,” he…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.65
August 27, 2023
…electrical engineering and computer science (EECS) graduate student and co-lead author of a paper on this technique. Joining Suh on the paper, which appeared in the latest issue of IEEE Transactions on Robotics, were the following: Tao Pang, Ph.D. ’23, co-lead author and a roboticist at Boston Dynamics AI Institute Lujie Yang, an EECS graduate student Russ Tedrake, senior author and the Toyota professor of EECS, aeronautics and astronautics, and mechanical engineering, and a member of MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) In these figures, a simulated robot performs three contact-rich manipulation tasks: in-hand manipulation of a ball,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.15
August 21, 2023
Emerson Electric Co. last week announced a definitive agreement to acquire Afag Holding AG. The company said the transaction will combine Afag's electric linear motion systems with its own pneumatic motion technology to create a leading product portfolio for factory automation. “Afag brings exciting technology that will enable Emerson to accelerate growth in our existing $900 million factory automation business,” said Ram Krishnan, operating officer of Emerson. “As discrete and hybrid customers continue to accelerate electrification across their manufacturing processes, Afag's technology is ideally suited to provide improved energy efficiency and performance gains.” “We look forward to combining Afag's motion…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.54
August 05, 2023
…huge potential in robotics, a topic that READY Robotics co-founder and CIO, Kel Guerin, will delve into deeper in a future article. The focus of this article is applying such innovations—and solving the gnarly problem of the myriad of robot languages and drivers proprietary to specific robot vendors. As an example, we show how we built a vendor-agnostic robot plugin for ChatGPT-4. Accelerating development As anyone who has developed software for industrial robots is painfully aware, the software standardization that allowed the PC and mobile markets to flourish has yet to take hold. This is what READY Robotics has solved.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.08
July 24, 2023
…implementation, control system development, and industrial safety systems. Jet co-develops cobot palletizing Omron said that its partnership with Jet Automation will empower businesses to “unlock their full potential, streamline processes, and gain a competitive edge in today's rapidly evolving market.” Omron and Jet celebrate their partnership. Source: Omron Automation Jet Automation has been working with Omron on developing a collaborative robot palletizing system, simplifying and enhancing automation controls using Omron's Sysmac platform, and implementing and upgrading industrial safety systems. The companies said they have recently expanded their capabilities by serving Omron robots in the field. “Through this partnership, Jet Automation…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.56
July 24, 2023
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 0.90
July 17, 2023
…errors, and waste.” Verity's founders include Raffaello D’Andrea, who co-founded warehouse automation company Kiva Systems, which was acquired by Amazon in 2012. The Zurich, Switzerland-based company said it has combined fully autonomous drones with advanced data analytics to provide insights that enable increased operational efficiencies. Verity aims for inventory market leadership Verity said its clients can gain real-time visibility and precise control over their inventory, cut labor and equipment costs, improve customer service, and reduce CO2 emissions. The company claimed that its data collection and analysis system is reliable and can be installed in one week. With installations across 13…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.94
July 14, 2023
…customer's storage footprints up to 75%, increasing workflow efficiency gains up to 4x, maximizing order pick accuracy by over 99.9%, and improve the fulfillment rate for daily orders to more than 170%. Hai Robotics said its Autonomous Case-handling Robots (ACR) are the key equipment in its systems. These robots maximize the use of vertical space and are independent of any storage medium, the company claimed. It added that this allows ;the ASRS to be constructed of almost any industry-standard racking structure with most kinds and sizes of bins, trays, cardboard cartons, and a variety of containers and materials. Last week,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.44
June 19, 2023
…in Irvine, Calif. Robotics 24/7 spoke with Sangeet Kumar, co-founder and CEO of Addverb, about the collaboration with Purdue and his vision for the future of manufacturing. How did this partnership come about? Sangeet Kumar, CEO, Addverb Technologies Kumar: Purdue University was looking for some flexible solutions as it was setting up a smart lab for undergraduate students. It had also collaborated with Microsoft and other companies. The university wanted to teach students about smart manufacturing through practical experience of what it can enable, and it wanted to do it at industrial scale. We spoke to [the professors] and said…
