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Robotic applications at ProMat 2023

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…either materials transport or item manipulation. The market has responded, with research firm Interact Analysis recently noting that mobile robot shipments grew at a 70% clip in 2021 and predicting that by the end of 2027, more than four million AMRs will be installed globally. There won’t be quite that many robots at ProMat, but everyone will be talking about…


OSARO Teams Up With NPSG for End-to-End Robotic Bagging System Demo at ProMat 2023

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…systems offer object recognition and manipulation that augment bagging productivity, delivering robust and efficient automation in a wide variety of logistics applications, it said. Operating with minimal human oversight, 24x7, the OSARO Robotic Bagging System is capable of packing and shipping a wide range of SKUs. “This pairing streamlines the deployment of robotics with automated bagging for customers, providing a…


RIOS to Discuss Robotics as a Service and Display Modular Automation at ProMat 2023

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…has developed haptic intelligence for manipulation tasks that were previously difficult to automate, such as packing, machine tending, and autobagging. Smarter and more dexterous robots sound great, but how can the majority of warehouses, which are not yet automated, get started with them? Robotics 24/7 chatted with Dr. Bernard Casse, founder and CEO of RIOS, about rethinking business models as…


NVIDIA Sees Simulation Continuing to Add Value for AI, Robotics Developers Heading Into GTC 2023

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…and then do more complex manipulation tasks. This will allow more processes and tasks to be automated in warehouses and factories. What roboticists should look for at GTC What are some things to look for at GTC next week? Andrews: Make sure to attend our featured sessions on NVIDIA Isaac and Jetson platforms at GTC from March 20 to 23.…


Sarcos Achieves Final Validation of Outdoor Autonomous Manipulation of Photovoltaic Panels Project

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…validation of its Outdoor Autonomous Manipulation of Photovoltaic Panels (O-AMPP) project. During this field trial, Sarcos said it collaborated with Mortenson, JLG Industries, Array Technologies, and Pratt Miller to achieve this critical project milestone at a Mortenson project site, which validated the Sarcos robotic solar field construction solution. Partners help with validation process During the validation of this system, a…


Plus One Robotics raises $50 million in funding, led by Scale Venture Partners

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…that provide the perception and manipulation necessary to pick and place parcels. Key to Plus One Robotics’ effectiveness, the company added, is its approach to human-in-the-loop software. Employees, remote or on-premises, can supervise multiple robots from any location, speeding the robot’s ability to handle exceptions, enabling 24/7 operations. Users benefit from improved sorting and picking throughput by >30% while decreasing…


Plus One Robotics Raises $50M in Series C to Advance AI Vision Software Products

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…that provide the perception and manipulation necessary to pick and place parcels. Key to Plus One Robotics’ effectiveness is its approach to human-in-the-loop software, it explained. Employees, remote or on-premises, can supervise multiple robots from any location, speeding the robot’s ability to handle exceptions, and enabling 24/7 operations. Users benefit from improved sorting and picking throughput by >30% while decreasing…


Autonomous Mobile Robots Offer an Answer to the Labor Shortage

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…machine handshakes and successful object manipulation.” As a result of these advances, vendors now offer robots with skill sets well-suited for industrial applications. One of these features is driving intelligence. “AMRs must always know where they are in dynamic environments,” noted Jay Judkowitz, vice president of product at OTTO Motors. “They must also be able to maximize average speed without…


Nauticus Robotics Expands Fleet of Oceangoing Systems to Improve Sustainable Resource Use

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…data collection, analytics, and subsea manipulation capabilities to support and maintain assets while reducing their operational footprint, operating cost, health and safety risk, and greenhouse gas emissions. “For the past five years, we've been really heads-down on technology maturation, working with U.S. government interests on our autonomy architecture,” said Nicholas Radford, founder and CEO of Nauticus. “We've now moved from…


ARM Institute Funds 11 Advanced Manufacturing Projects to Develop Automated Technologies

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…which built a multi-robot fabric manipulation system. The project outputs are expected to improve and simplify the programming of multi-robot systems in large structure manufacturing. Fixtureless Robotic Assembly and Manufacturing Environment (FRAME) Source: Lockheed Martin Principal Investigator: Lockheed Martin Project Team: University of Southern California, Carnegie Mellon University, and CapSen Robotics Project Description: This project seeks to build a configurable…


Kindred Tests the Performance of INDUCT System at High-Volume Logistics Center as Part of Beta Trial

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…combines machine vision, grasping, and manipulation algorithms to automate the induction process for a variety of item sets, including boxes, envelopes, parcels, and packages. Because it’s powered by Kindred’s reinforcement learning-based AI algorithms, INDUCT workcells become smarter, faster, and more efficient over time, the San Francisco-based company said. At the end of the 18-month beta program, INDUCT had achieved the…


Exotec Adds Three Modular Technologies to Skypod Warehouse Automation

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…robotics view to it.” “For manipulation and grasping, we looked at what the market was doing, and we developed our systems and software to do that,” he added. “Exotec's Deepsky software comes with regular updates, so there's one version across our installed base around the world. Wherever Skypod is running, performance optimization is included, so customers don't have to buy…


Atlas Humanoid Robot Gets a Grip in New Videos From Boston Dynamics

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…progression of the robot's perception, manipulation, and autonomy. It also shows how such robots could eventually assist human workers, in this case by bringing tools up scaffolding. “This video ... is meant to communicate the expansion of the research that we're doing on Atlas,” said Scott Kuindersma, Atlas team lead at Boston Dynamics. “We're not just thinking about how to…


Robots Pave the Way for Reshoring Manufacturing

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…sensing, navigation, motion control, and manipulation, robotics is no longer an optional tool to boost productivity. The technology has become an essential resource for reshoring U.S. operations or for helping companies to keep their doors open domestically. “Automation and robotics reduce overhead costs on labor, improve production efficiency, and allow human employees to focus on tasks that require human intelligence,”…


GITA USA Secures First Purchase Order From ‘Major Local Space Company’

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…Foundry,” it said in a release. “Workflows will include the dismantling, manipulation, transport, and transfer of simulated or actual metal debris into pieces of appropriate size and shape to be fed into the in-space metal processing system,” PickNik added. “The purpose is to support the processing and removal of space debris.”


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