Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.39
…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 12.87
…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 17.77
…Capital is a growth equity firm focused on late-stage technology companies in transportation, logistics, and energy. Wayve is using Azure, the cloud computing platform of new investor Microsoft, to scale its machine learning platform. Azure is providing the compute and storage required to run autonomous driving development and testing workloads. Wayve added that Microsoft Azure enables it to conduct machine learning experimentation and improve autonomy performance.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.63
…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 11.92
…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…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 34.08
…an end-to-end architecture for autonomous mobile robots on Microsoft Azure that can enable new business applications across industries, reduce upfront costs, and allow for the rapid implementation of customer-specific use cases. “This platform sets the power of Microsoft Azure on the move by bringing it from the cloud to the edge and into highly advanced mobile robotic devices, giving them the autonomy to unlock novel business use cases,” stated Filippo Rizzante, chief technology officer of Reply. “Thanks to the agile reference architecture, we are able to implement customer-specific use cases in various industries that include all types of mobile robots…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 35.35
…be able to connecting its new sensor to Microsoft's Azure cloud platform for logistics, retail, healthcare, and fitness applications. Orbbec to launch ToF cameras Orbbec announced its plan at CES 2021 to introduce its new time-of-flight (ToF) camera product line, supporting multiple ToF sensors, on-board depth computing, six-axis IMU (inertial measurement unit) motion tracking, and multi-camera synchronization. ToF is a technology for capturing the exact position and shape of objects and scenes, said Orbbec. Similar in principle of how ultrasound uses sound waves to create an image, ToF uses light to measure shapes, movement, and position of static or moving…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.34
…worked with Microsoft for supply chain management on the Azure cloud platofrm, and it recently partnered with FoodX for grocery fulfillment. “If you start to look at certain parameters, AI can suggest where to tune things,” Dickinson said. “For example, if the total open order pool is 60% of stated throughput, there's no reason to run it at 100%, or you could reduce the speed to delay maintenance windows.” “How can we get more throughput out of fixed assets—anything that can touch items, such as lift trucks, conveyors, or operators?” he asked. “Most equipment providers have similar shuttles, mini-loaders, and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.16
…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 21.21
…Operating System (ROS) in Windows 10, Linux, and the Azure Web services. The software company has been focusing on industry-specific cloud/edge computing, including Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare. Its projects for intelligent robotics include “responsible conversational AI.” Burlington, Mass.-based Nuance Communications said its conversational AI and “ambient intelligence” are used by 77% of U.S. hospitals and 85% of Fortune 100 companies worldwide. The company's products include Dragon Ambient eXperience, Dragon Medical One, and PowerScribe One for radiology reporting. All of these clinical speech-recognition products are built on Microsoft Azure and offered through a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model. Nuance added that its systems…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 35.23
…deployment of micro-fulfillment solutions for eGrocery will use Microsoft Azure Private Edge Zones, Azure Stack Edge and Azure Sphere. They will also use Azure Data & AI to unlock insights across the digital supply chain. The Network Supply Chain model will also integrate into Microsoft’s on-premises hybrid-cloud Azure Stack Edge, which powers both the operational Nexus and robotics via integrated LTE/5G wireless communications. “The FoodX software platform is the ideal partner for Attabotics and its hardware,” said Scott Gravelle, Attabotics Founder, CEO and CTO. “The ability to save retailers time and money is more important than ever, and that’s why…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 27.87
…autonomous driving (AD) on the Microsoft cloud computing platform Azure, the company says. dSPACE will work with Microsoft to offer research and development engineers in the automotive industry an end-to-end solution that is scalable, secure, efficient and agile, dSPACE reports. The development of ADAS/AD functions relies on capturing large volumes of data from the vehicle perception sensors, buses and networks, and on generating simulated scenarios to analyze the behavior of the software, individual systems and subsystems, as well as complete, integrated systems. The incoming data has to be enriched to a usable format, and it must be easy to distribute…