Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.46
…Spade, and Sujeet Chand, chief technology officer (CTO) of Rockwell Automation. HDS Global said its advisors include Bob DiRomualdo, chairperson and CEO of Naples Ventures and former chairman of the board of directors at Ulta Beauty, plus Rudy Salas, former senior vice president of bottler strategy at Coca-Cola. HDS Global announced the appointment of several veterans to its operating team. Chris Visnic, the former vice president of sales at Seegrid Corp. and the global simulation lead at Autodesk Inc., has joined HDS Global as the president of RoboFS. Visnic successfully led teams that sold, implemented, and supported material handling automation…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.00
…range of robots more efficient and safe. For example, automation platform developer Realtime Robotics offers a controller that uses proprietary AI algorithms to accelerate motion-planning workflows. The company advertises its machine-learning-based AI as being able to “autonomously optimize robot positions, task allocation, and sequence,” reducing cycle times. The development of an AI-based motion planning algorithm is often achieved through an ML technique called deep reinforcement learning (RL). RL as a motion-planning tool With this approach, an agent — representing the robot — interacts with the environment, performing actions in discrete time-steps by following a certain plan. After each action or…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.71
…2022. Key players include Bosch, GE, Hitachi, Honeywell and Rockwell Automation. Increasing Product Availability The underlying architecture of a preventive maintenance model is fairly uniform. The analytics usually reside on a host of IT platforms, but these layers are systematically described as: data acquisition; data transformation—conversion of raw data for machine learning models; condition monitoring—alerts based on asset operating limits; asset health evaluation—generating diagnostic records based on trend analysis if asset health has already started declining; prognostics—generating predictions of failure through machine learning models, and estimating remaining life; decision support—recommendations of best actions; and human interface layer—making all information accessible…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.79
…market. The PACK gives BACK benefit concert, sponsored by Rockwell Automation, features Grammy award-winning band The Doobie Brothers. A portion of the proceeds from the annual benefit will go towards the Pack Expo Scholarship, providing grants to U.S. and Canadian colleges with packaging and processing programs. The Future Innovators of Robotics Showcase will host robotics teams from Las Vegas-area high schools who will bring the robots they’ve built and demonstrate how each work. Located in the Central Lobby next to the PMMI Booth. The NextGEN Networking Fair offers a matchmaking opportunity for Pack Expo Las Vegas and Healthcare Packaging EXPO…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.09
…chief technology officer Clearpath Robotics and OTTO Motors, which Rockwell Automation recently acquired Daniel Kottlarz, founder of MYBOTSHOP, largest robotics research reseller in Europe Tobias Redlin, founder of IGO3D, which said it is largest desktop 3D printer distributor in Europe Ascento’s funding included non-dilutive funding from the Swiss Innovation Agency Innosuisse and the European Space Agency incubator ESA BIC. “We accompanied the founder team for over a year as sparring partners and the dedication, execution speed and how the team is listening to its customers to build the right solution is astonishing,” said Pascal Mathis, founding partner at Wingman Ventures.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.81
…to work on interoperability at the Association for Advancing Automation’s first AMR Conference in Louisville, Ky. He said that either suppliers cooperate to get their robots “to play well together,” or major users such as FedEx would look elsewhere. Interoperability was once again a key topic of discussion at this year’s AMR and Logistics Week in Boston. In a session on “Standardization Efforts for Mobile Robot Interoperability,” panelists outlined the progress they have made on the MassRobotics AMR Interoperability Standard, which was first published in May 2021. Panelists included Tom Ryden, executive director of MassRobotics; Daniel Theobald, co-founder of MassRobotics,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.54
…says Thomas Sugimoto, Workbench software product marketing manager at Rockwell Automation. “In the past, the design process was linear. With connected design tools, engineers are less reliant on serial procedures and can strive toward parallel development.” For example, drawing teams can get information from the programming teams on what hardware they require. The mechanical teams can digitally test the designs that the electrical teams have prototyped to provide feedback before the physical build begins. “As you layer these design phases onto one another not only are problems spotted earlier while the design is flexible, the overall timeline begins to shrink…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.49
…OTTO AMRs, enabling manufacturers to unlock facility-scale material handling automation.” Do you have or anticipate a lot of mixed fleets? Absolutely. We've seen customers deploying mixed fleets for a while now, and we anticipate this trend will grow as organizations expand their fleets. Over time, we've been continually improving our software to provide even better support for larger, multi-model fleets. In our latest software release, Version 2.28, we released a team-based traffic control feature for more effective traffic management. In mixed fleet deployments, the same set of rules do not work for all the robots in a facility. For example,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.83
…Jim Lawton, vice president and general manager for robotics automation at Zebra Technologies Joe Oliaro, vice president of sales and chief real estate officer at Wagner Logistics Kait Peterson, senior director of product marketing at Locus Robotics John Santagate, vice president of robotics at Körber Supply Chain Suppliers harness data for continuous improvement How have mobile robots evolved in the past year? We've seen a mix of larger models, higher reaches, and more sophisticated software. Kait Peterson, Locus Robotics Peterson: Locus is continually improving our robots' hardware and software capabilities based on customer needs, use cases, and incorporating the latest…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.46
…| Fetch Robotics | Clearpath Robotics | Box Packaging Automation: Rockwell Automation | ProShip | WestRock | Collaborative Robots (Cobots): Locus| NextShift Robotics | inVia Robotics | Fetch Robotics | 6 River Systems | Autonomous Drones: PINC | Vtrus | Eyesee Source: A.T. Kearney research Pop-Up Warehousing Start-Ups such as Flexe, Flow Space, Ware2Go have emerged in the market, first to support e-commerce business and peak season demand but also as a safety valve for large shippers and 3PLs seeking flexibility. Major retailers such as Walmart.com, Walgreens, Staples, and Bath & Body Works are already working with these and other…