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…mobile goods-to-person systems, and mobile manipulation robots. In the last couple of years, rapid progress has been made with robotic pick-and-place solutions that use artificial intelligence (AI) and articulating robotic arms. This proliferation of warehouse robotics has come pretty fast and already has brought operational benefits for DCs, but what comes next? While new robots are sure to come, one…
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…like the navigation stack or manipulation,” noted Linnell. “We partnered with PickNik Robotics for mobile manipulation, making it dead simple for users to check a box.” Interest growing in field robotics “We're seeing a lot of interest in agriculture, which has a severe labor shortage, semistructured environments, and the mechanics are relatively solved,” said Linnell. “We're working with folks like…
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…a leading developer of mobile manipulation systems, today looked back at its accomplishments of the past year and shared its outlook for the year ahead. “Despite the challenges of the continuing pandemic, I am incredibly proud of our team’s dedication and the progress we made this year across all areas of our organization,” stated Jorgen Pedersen, president and CEO of…
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…of mobile robots, drones, robotic manipulation, and autonomous vehicles. What will the new year bring? Murali Gopalakrishna, head of product management and autonomous machines, as well as general manager for robotics at NVIDIA Corp., has some ideas. Gopalakrishna leads the business development team that focuses on robots, drones, the industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), and enterprise collaboration products. He holds…
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…lightweight robot arm For mobile manipulation to be viable, robot arms need to be lighter, more cost-effective, and safer than their cousins in heavy industry. Unitree said its new Z1 robot arm can move smoothly and pick up small objects, open doors, fasten screws, and even pour a glass of wine. The company said its collaborative robot arm has potential…
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…materials handling, disinfection, and mobile manipulation. YouiBot, also known as Youai Zhihe Robot, said it has partnered with brands such as LUXSHARE ICT, ASM, CRRC, FAST, China Huaneng, AICC, COMAC, and Hitachi. The company covers 26 provinces and cities in China, and it exports its products to more than 30 countries, including Japan, Korea, Singapore, Spain, and Germany. YouiBot focuses…
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…data collection, analytics, and subsea manipulation capabilities to support and maintain assets while significantly reducing their operational footprint, operating cost, and greenhouse gas emissions, to improve offshore health, safety, and environmental exposure. Nauticus said its fleet of autonomous robots is able to operate from the surface to the seabed with the Nauticus Software Suite, an artificial intelligence and machine learning…
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…for safely carrying out pallet manipulation tasks throughout a facility. How does the 3D perception compare with the Palion's previous performance? Christensen: The Seegrid Palion Lift features the most advanced generation of Seegrid IQ, fusing data from cameras, lidar, and machine learning models with the company’s proprietary 3D computer vision technology to provide safe and reliable material handling. All Seegrid…
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…humans, such as assembly, fine manipulation, polishing, or sanding,” explained Pham Quang Cuong, an associate professor at NTU Singapore and co-founder of Eureka Robotics. “These tasks all share a common characteristic: the ability to maintain consistent contact with a surface.” “If our human hands are deprived of our touch sensitivity, such as when wearing a thick glove, we would find…
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This week, the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing, or ARM, Institute announced two new project calls. The Pittsburgh-based organization is seeking proposals for the use of augmented reality for manufacturing and sustainment and for the use of artificial intelligence and robotics in depot factories, as well as auditors for its training endorsement program. ARM-TEC-21-03, the special call for technology projects, will…
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…system. The Coupled Locomotion and Manipulation System, or CLAMS Project, will combine the control systems for the robotic arms and the ROV into one unit, improving coordination of the underwater manipulator and the ROV’s movements, said the company. “The goal of CLAMS is to improve control of our RE2 Sapien Sea Class arms mounted on the VideoRay Defender ROV by…
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…Stinson, chief operating officer at manipulation AI provider Covariant. After all, how does one determine if an AI-driven arm and gripper can actually handle the rapidly changing SKU mixes seen in modern e-commerce? Flashy presentations from a dozen or more vendors can’t really answer that question, Stinson said. “It’s a crowded and confusing marketplace, where trying to understand the capabilities…
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…is just as important for manipulation and teleoperation. Touchlab Ltd. has been developing flexible sensors that it said are less bulky than others on the market and could enable new applications. “At Amazon's re:MARS conference in 2019, Jeff Bezos said that people 40 years ago thought that the hardest challenges would be in artificial intelligence and machine learning,” recalled Zakareya…
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…towards exploratory or sophisticated dexterous manipulation, according to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. OpenAI gave it a try with “Dactyl” (meaning “finger” from the Greek word daktylos), using its humanoid robot hand to solve a Rubik’s cube with software that’s a step towards more general AI, and a step away from the common single-task mentality. DeepMind created “RGB-Stacking,” a vision-based…
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…to perform complex navigation and manipulation tasks in a GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System)-denied environment. A swarm of UAVs must identify a target vessel from several similar vessels in open waters in a GNSS-denied environment. It must then offload specific items from the target onto an USV in the shortest possible time using autonomous technologies. Morrish said this is a…
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