Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.12
…to build new platforms. From Microsoft and Google to Amazon and Facebook, many companies are experimenting with these technologies. The role of the robot maker, then, is deciding what form factor makes the most sense, said Atkeson. “What you're basically asking is what kind of interface are people going to want to have,” he said. “The answer is a stunning diversity of them.” Atkeson said he believes Musk’s robotic endeavors will bring publicity to the robotics industry. That being said, he wouldn’t be surprised if what Musk’s demonstration isn’t very impressive. He commended Musk for being “technologically strong,” noting that…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.12
…The team was one of 10 finalists in the Amazon Alexa Prize 2019-2020 for their efforts to build dialog systems that conduct engaging conversations with users. “We believe this approach can be particularly impactful in a variety of user-facing applications, such as recommendation engines in product marketplaces, ad-targeting systems and customer support,” says McAuley. “For these applications, we must provide explanations that are interpretable by laypeople, and those explanations should be personalized to each individual user. Conversational frameworks increase accessibility, facilitate new forms of interaction and make recommender systems more empathetic.” Team: Minghua Liu (Ph.D 2024) and Xiaoshuai Zhang (Ph.D.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.11
…to more than 400 facilities globally, including those of Amazon, Walmart, General Motors, the U.S. Postal Service, United Parcel Service, Whirlpool, Jaguar Land Rover, and Caterpillar. Consumer goods are organized into sanitized totes to support a multiple gripper pick module that HDS Global said can achieve a 95% success rate. Source: Business Wire RoboFS taps talent for full automation To build the first fully automated fulfillment system and address fragmented e-commerce, HDS Global said it worked with “several innovative Global Fortune 500 heavyweights and industry veterans with bankable track records in robotics and e-commerce.” “Through the team’s collective insights, HDS…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.06
…was even fined.” “All the large data-driven companies—Facebook, Google, Amazon, and others—are based in the U.S. and China,” Østergaard noted. “The EU wants to compete, but the new combination of laws could make it impossible for European companies to do so. It's like running a race with a 10 kg [22 lb.] backpack on.” Esben Østergaard. Source: LinkedIn “Regulators don't want AI to turn evil and take over, but there's a fundamental difference between what's actually possible with AI and previous safety rules that addressed sawmills cutting limbs off of people,” he said. “It's better to say that machines should…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.06
…Electric, Gillette, Formlabs, Voxel8, Desktop Metal, and a forthcoming Amazon facility. “We have the means to pull all these people together without the inertia of having them distributed across the country,” Quinlan says. “Being able to have those regular, in-person touchpoints is valuable.” While ADAPT’s short-term goals are focused on initial research projects and education programs, Quinlan says that the consortium wants to improve the way companies view AM and how it can fit into the future of manufacturing. “There’s a dearth of confidence because the technology hasn’t proven itself yet,” Quinlan says. “There’s been a conservative approach at many…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.04
…said. “This isn’t going to be easy.” Related: Is Amazon Creating Self-Driving Cars for Delivery? Related White Papers The Future Isn’t What It Used To Be According to predictions made a few decades ago, current travel should involve self-driving automobiles, jetpacks and flying cars, with space transport a common occurrence. Download Now! Parcel Delivery: The Future of Last Mile Currently subject to significant disruption, last-mile delivery, especially of parcels, is getting a great deal of attention in the media and from investors, and rightfully so. Download Now! Drone Technology: Clarity from Above According PwC's study on the commercial applications of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.02
…swarm the U.S., regulators need convincing before they give Amazon, Google, and others permission for expanded use. Bloomberg Technology has a fascinating article titled “Crashing Drones Into Test Dummies for Safety” which clearly identifies how the small- and medium-sized drones flooding the U.S. market can seriously injure or even kill someone. Researchers at Virginia Tech - home to both a Federal Aviation Administration-designated test site for unmanned aircraft systems and a world-renowned injury biomechanics group - are developing methods to evaluate the risk posed by small unmanned aircraft to anyone on the ground. This research is key to enabling flights…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.00
…to keep up with expectations and competitors such as Amazon. Mobile robots are revolutionizing manufacturing and logistics, enabling faster order fulfillment, increasing efficiency, and lowering labor costs. AMRs use sensors and cameras to build digital maps of their environments and include safety mechanisms to move around warehouses guidance-free. (This is different from the previous generation of automated guided vehicles, or AGVs, which required more infrastructure.) Let’s take a look at some use cases for deploying AMRs in the warehouse, along with the benefits that automation can bring to your supply chain. AMRs can increase pick rates, decrease labor costs Evo,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.00
…(e.g., Nvidia GPUs, Omniverse, etc.), data, cloud-computing platforms (e.g., Amazon AWS), new hardware and advanced engineering. Many robotics startup companies are capitalizing on this “super evolution” of technology to build more intelligent and more capable machines. In parallel, there’s another phenomenon happening in the world: a “convergence of technologies.” It means that engineers are coming up with different silver bullets — engineering different algorithms, different hardware architectures, different methods, etc. — to solve the same fundamental problems. The Perl programming language motto, “there’s more than one way to do it,” perfectly captures what is happening in the robotics space. In…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.98
…joined with leading robot manufacturers; end users such as Amazon, Ford, GM, Honda, P&G, Nissan; and other government and non-government organizations such as the National Institute of Standads and Technology (NIST), UL, TUV, and academia to develop ANSI RIA 15.08-1. “As the AMR market has grown, so too has the need for accompanying safety standards in the U.S. and abroad,” said Jeff Burnstein, president of the Association for Advancing Automation (A3). “OTTO Motors’ participation on our standards committee and leadership on this issue has helped to raise the bar for worker safety.” OTTO claimed that its fleet meets or exceeds…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.98
…that, despite the doldrums in commercial real estate and Amazon taking a pause from building out its network, the market for warehouse, distribution, and manufacturing space remains strong. All those buildings are going to need lift trucks, racking, conveyors, sortation systems, and robots. ProMat 2023 reports record growth That brings us to ProMat 2023. Like last year’s MODEX in Atlanta and lift truck sales, this year’s show set records for attendance, exhibitors and exhibition space. MHI reported an overall registration count of 50,924 attendees from 178 countries – a 12% increase over ProMat 2019. It also said it had 1,051…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.97
…million from Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd. and partnered with Amazon Web Services to improve data security and reliability, has its U.S. offices in Irvine, Calif. Robotics 24/7 spoke with Sangeet Kumar, co-founder and CEO of Addverb, about the collaboration with Purdue and his vision for the future of manufacturing. How did this partnership come about? Sangeet Kumar, CEO, Addverb Technologies Kumar: Purdue University was looking for some flexible solutions as it was setting up a smart lab for undergraduate students. It had also collaborated with Microsoft and other companies. The university wanted to teach students about smart manufacturing through practical…