Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.13
…ABB said its family of AMRs with visual simultaneous localization and mapping (vSLAM) technology and its AI-enabled Robotic Item Picker can help businesses overcome these shortages. These systems are capable of making intelligent decisions in dynamic environments and “can take on dull, dirty, and sometimes dangerous tasks to free people to do more rewarding work,” ABB asserted. An ABB mobile robot for logistics uses vSLAM. Source: ABB Robotics ABB builds on Atlanta ecosystem ABB said its new facility will develop new products and technologies, as well as serve as a hub for collaboration with its customers and integration partners in…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.53
…navigation stack to help mobile robots perceive and maneuver through their environments. Its systems take advantage of visual simultaneous localization and mapping (vSLAM) and a camera system to allow robots to construct accurate 3D maps of their environment. In 2021, ABB partnered with the company to take advantage of its vSLAM on its lineup of AMRs. “With vision, we gain higher-context information about the environment,” Cesari said. “This allows the system to run more robustly, especially when you look at the 3D space, not only for localization, but also for finding obstacles.”
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.70
…which includes sensors, an autonomy stack, and visual simultaneous localization and mapping (vSLAM), and adapt it to specific applications, Talla told Robotics 24/7. Electronics makers embrace digitalization Leading electronics manufacturers are working to optimize their workcells and assembly-line operations while reducing production costs, said NVIDIA. The company noted that the $46 trillion electronics manufacturing industry includes more then 10 million factories that could benefit from digitalization. “Manufacturers globally spend more than $6 trillion a year in pursuit of quality control, and they apply defect detection on nearly every product line,” wrote Adam Scraba, director of product marketing, in a blog…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.46
…and others mentioned the growing maturity of visual simultaneous localization and mapping (vSLAM) for mobile robots. Products such as the cloud-based MiR Insights offer to optimize fleets, but they must add value and not try to do everything, Davidson said. “AI isn't perfect,” he added. Realtime Robotics demonstrated workcells with four robot arms working together using its RapidPlan software for collision avoidance, as well as the ability to control robots through a PC (see video below). In addition, getting different robots to play well together—and with human workers—was a topic of some discussion, particularly for systems integrators. Robotics 24/7 will…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.40
…new industries The recent development of ABB’s Visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (Visual SLAM) technology will enhance the productivity, flexibility and speed of ABB’s range of Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs). Using AI-enabled 3D vision to perform location and mapping functions, Visual SLAM enables AMRs to make intelligent navigation decisions based on their surroundings. Solutions like these enable manufacturers to move away from traditional production lines towards integrated scalable, modular production cells, while optimizing the delivery of components across facilities. Ongoing developments in artificial intelligence are powering autonomous grasping and positioning, which will expand the range of tasks robots can perform.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 57.08
Before a robot can navigate, it needs to know where it is. The NVIDIA Isaac™ ROS Map Localization package provides a GPU-accelerated node to find the position of the robot relative to a lidar occupancy map. In this webinar, we’ll present how this package works, and how to use it for initial localization of your robot.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.54
…has transformed AMRs with the addition of visual simultaneous localization and mapping (VSLAM) technology in collaboration with Swiss-based AI specialist Sevensense. VSLAM enables a mobile robot to “see its environment and make intelligent navigation decisions based on its surroundings, without prior programming or infrastructure,” the company stated. This next-generation AMR technology supports new levels of flexibility for production, logistics, and fulfillment through to retail and healthcare environments, said ABB. PixelPaint System for two-tone, decorative, and decal painting PixelPaint “revolutionizes vehicle painting technology, with 100% transfer efficiency that eliminates the need for masking and de-masking,” said ABB. The guided paint system…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.72
…items more easily, he said. “If you can do localization, you can detect where the tea box has to be placed,” Coffin said. “Coupling that with our motion control and all this additional perceptibility that we have around the robot, we're able to do that in a really efficient manner.” The new Robotic Kitting System is designed to be easy for integrators to deploy with other automation. Source: OSARO API eases integration of Robotic Kitting System OSARO noted that in goods-to-robot applications, its API enables its pick-and-place systems to easily integrate with AMRs and other automation. “We've been increasing our…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.60
…vacuum hose and tank. The Bulk Navigator utilizes advanced localization algorithms, allowing the robot to clean in the most dynamic and challenging environments. Advanced Obstacle Detection identifies and avoids obstacles on the floor including pallets and forklift/pallet mover tines through machine learning capabilities. “Neo 2W is the result of extensive involvement from customers based on their experiences using autonomous robots in warehouse settings. Avidbots gathered feedback, tested prototypes in real-life scenarios and utilized this data to deliver a truly purpose-built robot,” he said. “Given this robust process, we’re able to deliver even greater value to industrial customers,” Sheikh added. “For…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.08
…Nav2. For more information, see the Isaac ROS Map Localization package on GitHub. NVIDIA Isaac ROS Map Location package automatically calculates initial global pose in less than half a second. Image shows RVIZ on the left, and Isaac Sim scene top view on the right. Initial global pose of the robot is computed in less than 1 second automatically using the occupancy-grid-localizer package, to start navigation. This removes the need to manually provide the initial pose for Nav2. Source: NVIDIA Remove people from 3D reconstruction Isaac ROS NvBlox provides a GPU-accelerated package for 3D reconstruction and a cost map of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.80
…to twice the distance of conventional lidar sensors. 4D Localization: Estimate vehicle motion in real-time with six degrees of freedom for accurate positioning and navigation without the need for additional sensors, like IMU or GPS. Aeries II is the first sensor on the market to integrate Aeva’s lidar-on-chip technology, the Mountain View, Calif.-based company said. It integrates all key sensor components including transmitters, receivers, and optics onto a compact silicon photonics module. This design uses no fiber optics, resulting in a highly automated manufacturing process that allows Aeva to manufacture at scale and lower costs to meet the needs of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.54
…successfully. We talk about path planning. We talk about localization and so on. At the end of the semester, students have kind of seen the gamut of different algorithms that an autonomous vehicle needs to navigate successfully. You work with students who are far along in their education and understand they want to go into robotics, but it seems the whole point of National Robotics Week is to speak to a younger audience. What advice would you have for students thinking about going into robotics as a career but are still young and trying to figure out what it is…