Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.42
…This will require the development of camera-based algorithms for localization, object detection, classification, semantic segmentation, and path planning. These sidewalk robots are still far from being totally autonomous. First, they are often deployed in environments such as US university campuses where there is little sidewalk traffic and where the sidewalks are well-structured. Many robots are also restricted to daylight and perception-free conditions. Critically, the suppliers also have remote tele-operator centers. The ratio of operators to robots will need to be kept to an absolute minimum if such businesses are to succeed. There is still much work to do to improve…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.95
…Techniques such as object recognition using neural networks, simultaneous localization and mapping, age and gender detection, emotion recognition and natural language processing play key roles in implementing these intuitive capabilities. On a more basic level, robots must be able to navigate and operate in the home. Developers agree that improving a robot’s ability to navigate and understand its direct environment—providing sensing technologies that enable obstacle avoidance and the ability to distinguish one room from another—is crucial for establishing the value of domestic robots (Fig. 4). Achieving this objective, however, remains daunting. Fig. 4: The temi robot’s ROBOX navigation system incorporates…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.70
…charting, graphing and algorithm simulation. “OpenIMU enables advanced, easy-to-deploy localization and navigation algorithm solutions for a fraction of the time and cost of traditional methods. OpenIMU's combination of open-source software and low-cost hardware enables rapid development of advanced solutions for drones, robotics, and autonomous applications,” explains Mike Horton, CTO of ACEINNA. “OpenIMUTM is a first of its kind, professionally supported, open-source GPS/GNSS-aided inertial navigation software stack for low-cost precise navigation applications.” The OpenIMU Development hardware development kit includes JTAG-pod, precision mount fixture, EVB and an OpenIMU300 module. The OpenIMU module features ACEINNA’s 5 deg/Hr, 9-Axis gyro, accelerometer and magnetometer sensor…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.60
…its robots use to “learn” a new facility simultaneous localization and mapping, or SLAM, says Drexler. The resulting “spatial representation” the robots acquire about a DC helps deployment speed and adds to the base flexibility of adding more vehicles, he says. AR as accelerator Augmented reality (AR) glasses are another promising technology for making warehouse automation more agile. In particular, Microsoft’s HoloLens AR glasses—which allow a view of the physical reality, but can mix that view with holographic information—are seen as a promising means of mimicking hard-wired, pick-to-light solutions. Matthews Automation has been developing with HoloLens to achieve a virtual…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.95
…environment to move workers out of harm’s way. Augmented Pixels—Localization and mapping technology (SLAM SDK) optimized for low CPU usage. The company works on the development of an advanced platform for autonomous navigation for drones and robots in GPS-denied environments. It also develops a hardware-optimized solution for indoor navigation for mobile phones and AR/VR glasses with low power consumption. HEBI Robotics—Modular series elastic actuator designed to function as full-featured robotic components. The modules quickly create custom robots of virtually any configuration from wheeled robots to collaborative robotic arms with multi-degrees of freedom. Kinema Systems—Addresses the depalletizing problem where boxes are…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.36
…or localized global positioning systems (GPS). Innovations like simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM)—or, building a localized map while at the same time localizing the robot within that map—are allowing mobile robots to “become completely autonomous in the work environment,” says Wohlrab, “rather than having to operate on a fixed path.” Discovering robotics’ Holy Grail Digging down into the technology and engineering that’s driving the modern-day robot, components like actuators, sensors, arms, hands and cameras (to name just a few) are all getting faster, more accurate and more cost-effective every year. At JBT Corp., for example, Mark Longacre, marketing manager for…