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Apptronik CEO Discusses Humanoid Robots, Amazon Acquisition of iRobot

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…do, look at highly dexterous manipulation and multi-step complex tasks. Robots can't do them. Also, robots will create far more opportunities for humans than they’ll take. Nobody knew where the Industrial Revolution would go, but most people don't want to go back to the jobs that existed before it. What common misconceptions do Apptronik and other service robotics providers still…


Picking Robots Gain Speed and Accuracy

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…for mobile robots, perception and manipulation remain challenging for piece-picking operations. Advances in computer vision, machine learning, and end-of-arm tooling are now enabling robots to pick at human and even superhuman rates. One company focusing on successful automation of pick-and-place workflows is Material Handling Systems Inc. (MHS). The Mt. Washington, Ky.-based company spun out MHS Robotics from its research and…


PickNik Robotics Launches MoveIt Studio Developer Platform and SDK

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…create, debug, and ship complex manipulation projects faster. “These premium offerings leverage cutting edge approaches that we have developed over seven years working with some of the best robotics companies in the world,” said Dr. Dave Coleman, CEO of PickNik Robotics. “Both MoveIt Studio products ensure customers don’t have to waste time programming common manipulation behaviors. This will further evolve…


Robotics Define Next Generation of Electronics Manufacturing

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…extremely fast part handling or manipulation of lightweight parts, or a small working envelope, the delta is a good option to consider. Make way for robot upstarts “The next phase of robotic evolution is in human-machine collaboration, and the introduction of the collaborative robot (cobot) is a major innovation in automation,” said Rockwell. Cobots allow workspaces to be more flexible,…


Nauticus Robotics Announces Shell Contract for Autonomous Subsea Operations

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…data collection, analytics, and subsea manipulation capabilities to support and maintain assets. It claimed that it can also significantly reduce their operational footprint, operating cost, and greenhouse gas emissions while improving offshore health, safety, and environmental exposure. Shell and Nauticus said they will collaborate with experienced inspection tooling service providers, integrating their technology into Nauticus’ robots and services. After completing…


Boston Dynamics CEO Discusses Path to Commercializing Robots

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…a combination of mobility and manipulation to achieve it. Ninety percent of warehouses are still manually operated today, so we saw an opportunity for a flexible robot that could help improve warehouse safety and productivity while accelerating the flow of goods throughout the global supply chain. We focused our initial development efforts for Stretch on trailer and container unloading because…


Precision and Automation in Manufacturing

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…advances in machine vision, robotic manipulation, and control software. The download will consider how the latest developments in grippers, robot arms and other systems, and machine learning can provide superhuman levels of precision. While a general-purpose robot may still be science fiction, specialized models are already transforming manufacturing. Topics covered include: Enabling developments in machine vision, motion control, and drives…


Warehouse Automation: Why Software Is the Star

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…cases, but to the appropriate manipulation with a given end effector.” Take a step back from visual “wow factor” of the latest in warehouse automation and robotics, and it is really software at the WES and analytics levels that will allow users to flex multiple zones of automation to current demand patterns and rapidly changing resource availability, vendors agree. Most…


RE2 Marks Technical Achievement With STARFISH Gripper for the U.S. Navy

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…variety of fine and large manipulation skills, including squeezing a pair of tweezers and grasping larger objects. Each finger conforms to the shape it is grasping, enabling it to securely hold objects upon contact. RE2's STARFISH gripper with tactile sensors. Source: Sarcos RE2 is developing this technology with Dr. Veronica Santos, director of the Biomechatronics Laboratory at UCLA, and Dr.…


Modern Machine Vision Helps Robotics Provide Value

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…vision can inform robotics movement, manipulation, and task planning, from fashion photography and fruit tending to chess. This is just a mere sampling of the ways in which researchers are combining vision technology with robotics to produce new capabilities. Despite their use in many manufacturing, logistics, and warehouse tasks, they're by no means mature, with many more applications to come.


NVIDIA Releases Isaac Sim 2022.1 to Bridge the Simulation to Reality Gap for Robotics Developers

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…to simulate robotic navigation and manipulation, as well as build a test environment to validate robotics applications continually.” NVIDIA works to close 'reality gap' With its NVIDIA Omniverse applications, the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company has focused on ever more realistic simulation and digital twins to accelerate artificial intelligence for robots. “This follows our strategy for end-to-end robotics,” Andrews told Robotics…


Flexiv Showcases Adaptive Robot Range at Automate 2022

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…team members described how its systems can be used in medical manipulation, hazardous materials, and service scenarios.


RE2 Robotics Continues to Grow After Sarcos Acquisition

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…Pittsburgh-based robotics company makes mobile manipulation systems that are used in the defense, aviation, construction, energy, medical, and subsea industries. Like every company, RE2 has faced hardships during the pandemic, but according to Jorgen Pedersen, former president and CEO, the company doubled the size of its staff in the past two years. And the only reason Pedersen is the former…


RISE Robotics Awarded $1.25M to Design Ultra-Light Loading Machine for the U.S. Air Force

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…capable of swift and safe manipulation of standard 463L cargo pallets in austere landing fields and will be a fraction of the weight of the legacy diesel-over-hydraulic 10K AT Forklift. “Unloading and loading heavy cargo pallets from austere landing fields will be done with RISE’s lighter-weight equipment that reduces transportation fuel usage,” said Arron Acosta, CEO of RISE Robotics. “Today,…


NVIDIA Improves Perception Performance for ROS 2 Applications

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…will also present on bi-manual manipulation, representing and handling deformable objects, and robotics for climate change. The company is exhibiting at Booth 200, where representatives from Connect Tech, an elite member of the NVIDIA Partner Network, will be available to answer questions. The NVIDIA robotics research team is a part of NVIDIA Research, which comprises 300 researchers around the globe…


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