Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.10
…largest luxury retailers in the U.S., Nordstrom. Microsoft also partners with Attabotics for cloud-based supply chain management on the Azure platform.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.65
…the advantages of embedded computing and use of Microsoft Azure Kinect? Chen: Azure Kinect requires an additional cost in the form of PC that is used to read the 3D data from the embedded sensor. It limits the available applications of the camera because the product must be designed based on Kinect restrictions. Embedded computing effectively improves the quality of the end solution of Kinect users, by expanding the applications of the camera to another level. Orbbec's ToF cameras can output high quality depth data without a PC or other external computing capability, giving users significantly greater design and application…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.55
…use of Microsoft’s depth technology, used in Hololens and Azure Kinect DevKit, to a broad range of industrial applications,” said Jon Yee, depth product marketing director at Microsoft. “This camera is a result of a close collaboration between our teams and will be an essential tool helping AI developers to add depth perception to computer vision.” Femto Mega includes NVIDIA processor The Femto Mega's built-in NVIDIA Jetson Nano processor runs depth vision algorithms to convert raw data to precise depth images. This eliminates the need for an external PC or compute device, according to the company. The camera can be…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.05
…on clouds such as Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. MATLAB Parallel Server offers access to cluster resources through the familiar MATLAB environment, provides the ability to run on multiple machines without algorithm changes, and helps to access cloud clusters or local high-performance computing (HPC) resources. Expanded access also offers flexibility in working with academic researchers, students, and faculty from other institutions by offering them access to MATLAB and Simulink. Now these academicians can access MATLAB on authorized campus machines and university HPC clusters for their non-commercial work. This helps to support collaborative research projects across institutions and provides access…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.42
…it was working on time-of-flight cameras using Microsoft Corp.'s Azure platform. Persee+ includes numerous improvements Orbbec said the Persee+ features a specialized hardware accelerator for AI and machine learning applications. That and other improvements to Persee, which was released in 2015, are intended to help users find new, advanced applications for 3D imaging, said the company. An Amlogic A311D processor increases performance in Persee+, noted Orbbec. The smart vision system on a chip (SoC) unit includes four ARM A73 cores and two ARM A53 cores plus neural processing unit (NPU) capability for AI inference. The system also includes Orbbec’s Astra+…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.88
…messaging protocol, data is then transmitted securely to Microsoft Azure or other publicly and privately hosted cloud services, so that companies can analyze it to spur innovation and accelerate their IIoT strategies. Moxa employed intuitive user interfaces and functions so that engineers can easily tap into the cloud for their IIoT deployments. Initial setup to full implementation can be completed within a few steps for immediate realization of efficiencies and cost savings. In addition, advanced diagnostics tools are supported to assist users in identifying connection issues so that a variety of field devices can easily share data in the cloud…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.84
…maintaining Fonterra’s high standards across our many plants globally.” Organizations can access Rockwell Automation solutions now via the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, and more solutions currently in development, according to the companies. The next phase of solutions will be available to joint customers of Rockwell Automation and Microsoft in Q1 2021 at Automation Fair At Home.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.89
…Komatsu, and Meituan. “We are extending the powerful Microsoft Azure platform to the intelligent edge,” said Roanne Sones, corporate vice president for Microsoft Azure Edge + Platforms. “Combining Azure’s advanced capabilities with performance and software development tools such as NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin helps give developers a seamless experience to easily build, deploy, and operate production-ready AI applications.” Jahmy Hindman, chief technology officer at John Deere, noted: “With the global population expected to reach nearly 10 billion people by 2050, farmers have a steep challenge of feeding the world, and they can’t do it alone. Our fully autonomous tractor, featuring…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.64
…Mobile Industrial Robots in the cloud, at ProMat Microsoft Azure hosts MiR Insights, which works with MiR Fleet, MiR’s fleet management software. MiR Insights reads data from MiR Fleet but does not interfere with fleet operations or individual robot control, or adjust fleet settings. “The data interface is very flexible with options for data visualization, as well as an API to port raw data for use in external systems,” claimed Mobile Industrial Robots. It added that MiR Insights is designed “to support a continuous evolution in performance based on customer experience, all focused on improving AMR fleet operations.” Mobile Industrial…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.18
…General Motors announced that they will work with Microsoft's Azure cloud computing platform as they develop and commercialize self-driving vehicles. Microsoft joined GM, Honda, and other investors in investing $2 billion in Cruise. Last month, Cruise acquired Voyage, which has been working on technology to provide autonomous mobility in senior citizen communities. Autonomous vehicle companies accounted for more than $3.3 billion in transactions in the first quarter of 2021. Last week, TuSimple Holdings announced an IPO of more than $1 billion as it develops autonomous trucks. Dubai's Road and Transport Authority recently chose Cruise as the exclusive provider of self-driving…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.15
…geared towards their specific business needs, while leveraging Microsoft Azure IoT and cloud platform services. This platform was initially implemented at a Madrid, Spain-based DHL Supply Chain facility, and DHL officials said that it has shown significant results, by reducing complexity and accelerating the integration of robotic systems into an existing warehouse management system (WMS). What’s more, they said it also provides shippers with increased flexibility in selecting and integrating different robotic vendors into one system, adding that the robotics platform runs on the Blue Yonder Luminate Platform, equipped with machine-learning (ML)-driven task management capabilities focused on what it called…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.93
…of the box with RA MCUs, including both Microsoft Azure RTOS and FreeRTOS. Porting micro-ROS into the Renesas RA MCUs will facilitate the adoption of this robotic framework in Industry 4.0 and Industrial IoT (IIoT) applications, the companies said. The Renesas e2 studio integrated development environment (IDE), which will run on Windows and Linux-based computers, will support the micro-ROS implementation and simplify the process of using the micro-ROS client library, said Renesas. Renesas touts applications and availability “Achieving cost-effective development depends on a common platform around which hardware and software providers emerge,” said Jaime Martin Losa, CEO of eProsima. “micro-ROS…