Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.52
October 19, 2021
…as Google, Hyundai, and Samsung solve difficult manipulation problems. NASA recently awarded PickNik an Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II grant for robot arm motion planning in microgravity environments. The company has also announced the development of a commercialized open-core model of MoveIt, branded MoveIt Studio. It will focus on supervised autonomy and teleoperation to provide localized autonomous action in high-latency environments with the ability to reduce operator oversight. Formant said its telemetry, analytics, planning, and real-time controls will expedite a new wave of robots for productive commercial use cases. The San Francisco-based company supports international robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) companies…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.62
October 15, 2021
…“We appreciate our public-private partnership with the FAA and NASA as we work to integrate our Remotely Operated Aircraft System into the [national] airspace,” said Robert Rose, co-founder and CEO of Reliable Robotics. “We intend to bring unprecedented safety and reliability to today’s commercial aircraft.” “Close collaboration with our public institutions, strong backing from visionary investors, and keen interest within the cargo industry further accelerates our mission to expand everyone’s access to air transportation,” he added. Coatue leads round Coatue Management led Reliable Robotics' Series C round. It joined past investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, Eclipse Ventures, Teamworthy Ventures, and Pathbreaker…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.88
October 11, 2021
…Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is managed by Caltech for NASA. LEO stands 2.5 ft. tall and is equipped with two legs that have three actuated joints, along with four propeller thrusters mounted at an angle at the robot's shoulders. When a person walks, they adjust the position and orientation of their legs to cause their center of mass to move forward while the body's balance is maintained. LEONARDO. Source: Caltech LEO walks in this way as well. The propellers ensure that the robot is upright as it walks, and the leg actuators change the position of the legs to move…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 39.60
September 03, 2021
…eventual human missions, and demonstration of new robotics technologies. NASA's Perseverance rover sent data this week indicating that it has successfully cored its first Martian rock. The initial images showed an intact sample present in the tube, but additional images taken after the robot arm acquiried the sample were inconclusive because of poor sunlight conditions. Another round of images with better lighting will be taken before the sample processing continues, said NASA. The Perseverance mission team decided to obtain additional imagery prior to proceeding with the sealing and storing of rock samples after failing to obtain sufficient material on Aug.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.45
September 01, 2021
…turbopump for its high-performance, closed-cycle liquid rocket engine at NASA’s Stennis Space Center. The company is now working with Velo3D to 3D-print its fuel pump, flight turbine housing parts, and Orbiter pressure vessels. It will make these vessels with the second Velo3D Sapphire metal AM system. “Velo3D really delivered on our turbopump, including its 3D-printed rotating impeller, all of which functioned perfectly the very first time at 30,000 rpm, using the first prototype,” said Haot. The sky's the limit for Velo3D “We’re very excited about working with innovative companies like Launcher,” said Benny Buller, founder and CEO of Velo3D. “Not…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.49
August 30, 2021
…providing the launch opportunity, on-orbit operations, and data downlink. NASA astronauts will install the arm inside the airlock. It will conduct intra-vehicular activity (IVA) such as swich and cable operations. The GITAI arm will also autonomously assemble structures and panels to demonstrate its capability for in-space assembly (ISA). “In the current space market, there are many players trying to solve the space transportation problem, but very few standing up to the challenge to provide an alternative option for getting work done in space,” said Sho Nakanose, founder and CEO of GITAI. “However, in today’s booming space industry, there is a…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.38
August 24, 2021
…and habitats on the moon and eventually Mars with NASA. “We're treating this like the Apollo program for the future of the way we build and the future of the way we meet one of our most basic needs,” said Ballard. “We're going to accelerate the growth of an elite and diverse team of scientists, engineers, architects, operators, and leaders that is now over 100 and growing. We anticipate more rapid progress in the years ahead to help bring housing and construction into the modern world and in-line with humanity's highest hopes and values.” ICON investment now totals $266M In…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.95
August 16, 2021
…for small and general aviation class of aircraft for NASA and Siemens, among others. The company said it was the first to fly an electric two-seater in 2007, and it has designed nine experimental and serially produced electric aircraft. Pipistrel won the NASA Green Flight Challenge in 2011 with a four-seat electric airplane. It participates in standards committees for hybrid-electric aviation. Research and development division Pipistrel Vertical Solutions is developing electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi, as well as a hydrogen fuel cell-powered 19-seat miniliner/microfeeder. Honeywell brings SATCOM to smaller UAVs Satellite communications, or SATCOM, refers to technologies…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.31
July 19, 2021
…BlackRock, Google, Intel, Microsoft, Moderna, and Pfizer. In addition, NASA, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York use the language, said Julia Computing. The company has recently focused on creating a suite of machine learning-enhanced modeling and simulation tools, such as JuliaSim for multi-physics simulation, and JuliaSPICE for circuit simulation, and the Pumas framework for pharmaceutical simulation with partner company Pumas-AI. Since Julia was introduced to the public in 2012, the community around it has grown, said Julia Computing. The annual JuliaCon event is online and free this year, and it takes place July 28…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 39.80
July 13, 2021
…Founder Institute today announced that it has partnered with NASA Ames Research Center and MassRobotics to create the Founder Institute AI & Robotics Accelerator program in Boston. The new initiative will support entrepreneurs in robotics, artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, drones, aerospace, augmented and virtual reality, and related technologies. “In the past year or so, everyone has experienced firsthand how fragile our world is and how normal can change in the blink of an eye, so that’s why it is so important that founders focus on impact-driven ventures,” stated Ignacio Castro, managing director of the Boston Founder Institute. “Our partnership with…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.46
June 09, 2021
…the DoD and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are interested in developing robots to build structures for deployment in space. The goal is to reduce reliance on high-touch labor, shorten design and production times, and increase throughput while reducing costs. Autonomy in robotics for manufacturing: Most industrial robots still require specialized workers to be set up, and most operate in constrained settings. ARM is seeking systems that factories could use without prior robotics experience and that could adapt to dynamic or unstructured environments. The request for proposals mentioned navigation but did not specify that the capability to operate…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.28
May 27, 2021
…2020 and 2024. Artemis is a joint effort by NASA, U.S. commercial aerospace providers, and international partners. These include including the European Space Agency (which itself has 22 member countries), Canada, Japan, and Russia, said the IFR. There are plenty of other bright spots in the global robotics constellation, including AI research in France, customer-service robots in Singapore, drones and assistive systems in Israel, marine systems in the Netherlands, and collaborative robot arms and mobile robots from Denmark. And that's not even counting the billions of dollars currently flowing into autonomous vehicle development, with China and the U.S. as early…
The India-based robotics company has honed its package-sorting and order-consolidation technology and is aiming to serve intralogistics operations worldwide.
