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Verity Gets Investment From Qualcomm for Inventory Drone Race

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…drones aren't just for outdoor inspection, surveying, and surveillance. Several startups are working to apply drones to inventory management. Verity AG last week announced that it has raised an additional $11 million in its Series B funding round. The company said in a release that it plans to use the capital “to scale the delivery of zero-error warehouses and predictable…


Gecko Robotics Announces $5M U.S. Navy Contract Expansion to Speed Maintenance Cycles

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Gecko Robotics today announced a further expansion of its work with the U.S. Navy under a new $5 million ceiling contract with Huntington Ingalls Industries. The expansion will increase the speed and quality of maintenance cycles for U.S. Navy surface ships, including amphibious assault ships, it said. “We built Gecko Robotics to collect data that has never been accessible before…


Canada Robotics Sector Stays Close to Manufacturing, Finds HowToRobot.com and A3 Study

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…handling and picking (130 suppliers), inspection and quality control (90 suppliers), and packing and palletizing (89 suppliers). The industries served by the most robot suppliers were the robotics industry itself (141 suppliers), metal and machinery manufacturing (108 suppliers), and the automotive industry (89 suppliers). The robot brands used by most suppliers included FANUC (64 suppliers), ABB (44 suppliers), and KUKA…


Bedrock Raises $25.5M Series A for Robots for Seafloor Exploration and Offshore Wind Energy

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…seafloor mobility, and facilitate asset inspection at every project stage, said the company. The Biden administration has recognized offshore wind energy projects as a key strategic interest and provided support through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Mosaic presents oceanographic data from the cloud. Source: Vanlu Madarame, Bedrock Ocean Explorations Funding to continue transformation Northzone, a global venture capital firm, and…


Sub UAS Develops Submersible Robots That Can Fly

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…lot of different types of inspections related to ship pylons,” noted the startup founder. “Now, we have [Florida’s] Department of Transportation interested in this technology,” said the startup founder. “What I realized over the last year or so is that defense has its own speed. You cannot really push it,” Diez added. “There is a specific group now in defense…


DNP to Enter into Development and Manufacture of Encoder Disks that Support Factory Automation

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…cutting methodology and automatic product inspection equipment make it possible to provide high-quality disks. Going forward DNP said it will provide ED to companies that manufacture servomotors used in industrial robots and machine tools, aiming for total sales of 1.5 billion yen by FY 2025. It also said it will develop ED for autonomous sensors, a market that is expected…


NVIDIA and Partners to Explore the Future of Robotics at Automatica 2023

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…Isaac Sim improves automated optical inspection. Franka Emika is demonstrating at Automatica a robotic arm in simulation alongside the real robot. Source: NVIDIA Computing, vision, and the cloud at Automatica In addition, Agora Robotics will use the NVIDIA Jetson Nano module in parallel with its own industrial computer. The Bucharest, Romania-based company plans to use the NVIDIA CUDA parallel computing…


Advantech Presents Valor Workstations and Computing to Power Industrial Automation, Mobile Robots

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…Jetson for things like visual inspection and sensor fusion,” he said. “For instance, Advantech has partnered with Overview.ai, which has designed the plug-and-play OV20i AI vision system,” Waldman added. “We can show the ICAM-520 edge AI camera 20 parts, and it can identify what to inspect.” In addition, Advantech works with the second-generation Intel Xeon scalable processors. “We've also worked…


Robotics in Construction Event Examines Challenges, Investment, and the Future of the Industry

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…a video of a hybrid inspection system in development that can land and move around on wheels. Renovate Robotics has devised a system for autonomously placing roof tiles, shingles, or solar panels. With anchor points, it uses a series of cables and winches, plus machine vision and path planning, to place roofing, explained Andy Stulc, founder and CEO of the…


Elite Robots to Showcase Newest Cobots at Automatica

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…is useful for accurate vision inspection and photography of products within a spherical space of 1.9 m (190 cm) without relying on external axes. The Mantis Mini for fully automated 3D measurement and evaluation is another of the showcase highlights. Powered by the NEXOS AIR Software by 11-Dynamics, the solution integrates the CS66 Cobot from Elite Robots, and the Simscan…


Percepto Raises $67M in Series C to Continue to Develop Inspection and Monitoring

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Percepto, an autonomous inspection and monitoring solution provider, announced this week a combined $67 million in Series C in equity and debt funding, led by Koch Disruptive Technologies, alongside new investors Zimmer Partners and one of the largest U.S. energy companies. Percepto Autonomous Inspection & Monitoring (AIM), the company's end-to-end visual inspection solution powered by autonomous drones, robots and AI,…


TÜV Rheinland Certifies the Safety Features of Mobile Industrial Robots’ AMRs

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…operated as a privately operated inspection and testing body for technical safety and quality. As a technical partner of businesses, government agencies, and organizations, TÜV Rheinland currently provides quality and safety control in nearly every sphere of economic and personal activity, it said. TUV certification brings added value to MiR's robots Certified safety features The TÜV certification covers the following…


PickNik Robotics Secures Two NASA SBIR Contracts to Advance Autonomous Robots in Space

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…service, hospitality, public safety, and asset-inspection industries, said PickNik Robotics. “MoveIt Studio and supervised autonomy are moving robots from factories out into space,” Coleman said. NASA continues radar research for air mobility NASA this week also reported on progress in its partnership with Reliable Robotics. They conducted test flights between Marina and Stockton, Calif., to determine what onboard sensor capabilities…


Other Voices: Maintain a vibrant safety culture with a holistic approach and meaningful training

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…certification and training. An electronic inspection checklist can be customized with unique questions to ensure that operators have appropriately inspected the truck to ensure that it is safe to operate. 5. Equipment design that takes an operator-centric approach and prioritizes features that enable safer operation. Forklift manufacturers that take an operator-centric approach to design can address issues such as visibility…


Boston Dynamics Adds Capabilities to Spot Robot, Names Levatas as Certified Technology Partner

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…that it has added improved inspection workflows, a new audiovisual system, and behavioral enhancements to its Spot robot. The company has also entered a strategic partnership with Levatas, a leading provider of artificial intelligence, software, and systems for automating industrial inspections. “Spot is at the forefront of the emerging mobile robotics market,” Boston Dynamics wrote in a blog post. “With…


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