Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.70
…exposure to high temperatures when they use robots during residue-cleaning maintenance cycles. The Role of Traditional Technology Many manufacturers have hesitated to adopt robotic metal stamping technology because it traditionally requires a hefty upfront investment. Additionally, programming was often time consuming and resulted in costly downtime. However, companies have been working hard to find solutions to common pain points. Manufacturing plant managers have also been reluctant to adopt robotic metal stamping tools because they’re bulky. Admittedly, managing worker safety and product quality is more challenging when autonomous machinery takes up most of the production floor. However, collaborative technology now allows…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.67
…train a 'robot guardian' who can take care of cleaning needs,” Sarawgi told Robotics 24/7. “Our mean time between interventions is weeks, and our drones can do thousands of flights without intervention.” Corvus says its drones, scanners, and software can automate inventory management and make it safer. Source: Corvus Robotics Corvus processes data for customers Corvus Robotics said it has designed its drones to address obstacles inherent to the warehouse environment. The technology has to work in dark spaces and scan small barcodes, which is why it includes advanced cameras and industrial-grade barcode scanners. The drones collect the data, which…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.63
…a robot or multiple robots assist in collecting tools, cleaning, or simply performing value-added, non-essential tasks commonly required in a manufacturing environment. Robot learning: ARM is seeking the development of models and methods to enable a robot to learn a manufacturing task from a human or another robot. Feature and pose recognition and estimation: A project could develop robotic contextual awareness of a manufacturing task, component, process, and perhaps other activities within a facility to enable and anticipate the next process step and be capable of supporting it. Virtual commissioning of advanced robots: ARM cited a need to reduce the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.62
…to home. And social distancing – along with frequent cleaning of technology devices, hands, and surfaces – is widely accepted as the new norm. That doesn’t mean that adopting these new precautionary measures has been easy, though. Social distancing is not just about avoiding gatherings with friends and family, closing schools, or working from home. A strict physical distance must be kept in order to prevent the spread of contagions. Yet, front-line workers in healthcare, public safety, retail, manufacturing, and transportation & logistics have found it particularly challenging to maintain a three or six-foot separation from other people while maintaining…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.61
…robots in facilities management is expanding from monitoring and cleaning to security,” LeBlanc told Robotics 24/7. Cobalt provides Remote Guarding Service Cobalt Robotics said its autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) can help companies protect both their employees and intellectual property. The company counts leading enterprises such as General Motors and Slack among its customers. Cobalt noted that its robots primarily operate in corporate office spaces. “Our robot also helps facilities to be ADA [Americans With Disabilities Act]-compliant,” LeBlanc said. “Spaces need to be set up for indoor robots, and we know how to navigate and avoid obstacles.” Cobalt’s Remote Guarding Service…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.59
…visited hospitals serviced by ACCIONA and talked to our cleaning staff to get a better understanding about the challenges and needs they faced due to the pandemic.” “From this consultation process, we came up with the technical information we needed to develop the SafeRBot,” he said. “Knowing how much time we had to disinfect a room gave us a clear idea of the number and strength of lamps that had to be installed on the robot. Calculating how many rooms needed to be disinfected per shift was the basis for determining the size and charge of the robot’s battery, and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.57
…happens at the sensor? Aggarwal: The less time spent cleaning the data, the better. To see through occlusions, light goes out, and we get data back and rate the confidence. We have different algorithms determine if it's good or if there's shadow. We have a metric to rate the confidence of each data point, and we have some features like blockage detection that we can use. There are also hardware elements for things like dust. The robot designer needs to know how to clean the sensor or to add a heating element to defrost for snow. As we move along…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.54
…computer vision development platform for applications such as indoor cleaning robots, agricultural robots, and smart cities. The global market for autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) could reach $10.66 billion by 2030 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.8% from 2022, according to Grand View Research Inc. The expansion in demand for materials handling is partly responsible, it said. “New technologies have enabled surging market growth for mobile robotics,” said James Wang, chief strategy officer of eYs3D. “Mobile autonomy must be accompanied by advances in computer vision to enable new areas of robotic deployment, including accurate picking and packing; moving,…
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…features proprietary Comau products, such as RH-Clean, an automatic cleaning roller device that can be used with different types of rollers and pre-hemming tools. It also includes a quality-control vision system that uses QUISS camera detection and is equipped with a kick-in/kick-off process to ensure the quality of the parts after gluing. The Actros from Foton Daimler. Source: Comau Finally, the project uses virtual commissioning technology to help test and optimize the new production line while shortening the actual commissioning time. This reduces labor hours and potential post-site commissioning risks, said Comau. “Throughout this successful collaboration, the Comau team has…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.48
Consumer cleaning robot manufacturer iRobot and e-commerce retailer Amazon recently announced they mutually agreed to forgo Amazon’s planned acquisition of iRobot. In a release, the companies announced they signed a termination agreement that resolves all outstanding transactional matters, including Amazon paying iRobot a previously agreed upon $94 million termination fee. The original $1.7 billion acquisition proposal was announced in August 2022. “Amazon and iRobot were excited to see what our teams could build together, and we're deeply grateful to everyone who worked tirelessly to try and make this collaboration a reality,” said David Zapolsky, Amazon SVP and general counsel. “This…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.44
…developing countries.” From aquaculture and maintaining telecommunications cables to cleaning the “great garbage patches” and subsea mining for battery materials with fleets of small robots, Radford said he is following efforts to improve sustainable use of the oceans. “I'm heartened by the fact the people were having great conversations and supporting the UN's SDGs but also recognizing that efforts have to be pragmatic and won't happen overnight,” he said. “I think it's the true final frontier. If sea levels are rising within the century, the solution is not to go to Mars.” “Venture capital firms should spend more on the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.23
…steps. They may include rust and paint removal, blast cleaning (e.g. sandblasting or water-jet blasting), pressure washing, priming, or painting. Thanks to Parallel Structured Light enabling 3D scanning in motion and the PhoXi 3D Instant Meshing for instant 3D model creation from all perspectives, the objects can be rotating or randomly moving in front of the robot without stopping and compromising the quality of 3D data. This can lead to significant reduction of cycle times, higher productivity, and improved efficiency. Photoneo enables 3D scanning of large containers. Source: Photoneo Mobile robots show new capabilities Boston Dynamics' Spot equipped with MotionCam-3D…