Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.39
…they're willing to spend on cameras, radar, lidar, or ultrasonic. We're equipment-neutral, focusing on common interfaces to have modules switch in and out.” “Safety is paramount for all these things to avoid damage or injury,” he said. “We understand the need to strike a balance between the need to operate at speed, safety, and perception algorithms. It's important to have emergency stops and recognize when there are faults in hardware or software. When switching back and forth between manual and autonomous operations, we make sure that the vehicle vitals say it's an OK time or have it go into a…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.73
…feedback, robotic manipulation of the second catheter used for ultrasonic mapping, and simulation for more efficient guidance and workflows. According to medical literature, the Genesis RMN system has been documented to improve patient care. Source: Stereotaxis BJC HealthCare also adopts RMN Like HonorHealth, BJC HealthCare recently adopted Stereotaxis' technology for arrhythmia treatment. BJC, one of the largest nonprofit healthcare organizations in the U.S., became the first provider in the Midwest to adopt the Genesis RMN system. BJC installed the system in its Missouri Baptist Medical Center and plans to install a second unit in the Barnes-Jewish Hospital at the Washington…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.62
…complex geometries of printed parts and materials. These include ultrasonic inspection, impedance-based monitoring, and thermography supported by image correlation. Although these methodologies provide insight into the quality of the printed object—offering their own set of advantages and disadvantages—no one approach has achieved dominance within the 3D printing sector. The continued advancement and development of new technologies that can help enable inspection and quality control metrics are still needed to realize broad industrial adoption of AM technologies. A New Approach This is where the technology developed by Vanderbilt University’s research team comes into play. The scientists have created a technique that…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.41
…of robotic navigation system based around UWB positioning with ultrasonic and laser obstacle detection. The system will be designed to work “out of the box.” The project will further develop and repurpose an existing product that ARIN currently uses for collision avoidance in industrial environments. It aims to create a fully functioning technology that solves the problem of simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM). About the ARM Institute and AIM Higher Consortium The Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing, or ARM, Institute is a Manufacturing Innovation Institute (MII) funded by the Office of the Secretary of Defense under Agreement Number W911NF-17-3-0004. Founded in…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.39
…seen innovations such as canting keels, above-water movable ballast, ultrasonic wind measurement and camera/GPS integration. So while the point is not so much to produce some radical new boat design as it is to exercise the engineering process to solving these challenges, there have been incremental innovations that could be implemented on ocean drones. DE: Does WPI, or the consortium of organizers of this competition, have a particular stance on adopting an innovation that is linked to the program? What drives firms to sponsor the event and coordinate it? Stafford: WPI does not have any authority or expectation to capitalize…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.36
…- which have featured a combination of image sensors, ultrasonic sensors, and other devices – and assuming that we want to achieve the same set of specs, the cost of RGBD cameras is always lower. What sets Orbbec apart is that we have our own manufacturing line along with proprietary chips. Where some manufacturers buy supply parts and mass-assemble their cameras, Orbbec has researched and developed its own chips to create the best possible depth images for developers and businesses. This provides for a superior product and lowers the cost on large volume orders. What are the advantages of embedded…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.32
…company said. LUBA's smart obstacle avoidance relies on four ultrasonic radar sensors to detect and avoid objects as small as 5 cm (2 in.). “LUBA can automatically detect obstacles and avoid them for the remainder of the mowing session,” noted Mammotion. “The lawn mower is designed with safety in mind, and the collision-avoidance system and three bumpers help ensure LUBA automatically brakes and turns in another direction when it encounters foreign objects.” Multi-zone management efficiently maps different zones, according to the company. Users can set automated tasks in the Mammotion app for each zone, including mowing dates and times, cutting…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.25
…fisheye cameras with synthetic data. Isaac Sim also supports ultrasonic sensors, force sensors, inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensors, and custom lidar patterns. “Isaac Sim sends multi-camera sensors to Rviz—the ROS visualization tool,” Andrews said. “3D workflows are important for robotics and autonomous vehicles in construction and other applications.” Isaac Sim sending multi-camera sensor data to Rviz. Source: NVIDIA Synthetic data generation “Getting real-world, properly labeled data is a time-consuming and costly endeavor,” said NVIDIA. This can be particularly difficult in cases where robots or autonomous vehicles must be trained to operate safely around people, it said. In addition, the annotation…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.16
…robot perceive its surroundings. Additional sensors like lidar and ultrasonic sensors (USS) are also supported in NVIDIA Isaac Sim and can be useful in some robotic applications. Synthetic data generated in Isaac Sim showing RGB, segmentation, and bounding boxes. Source: NVIDIA The other superpower of generating synthetic data is domain randomization. Domain randomization varies the parameters that define a simulated scene, such as the lighting, color, and texture of materials in the scene. One of the main objectives is to enhance ML model training by exposing the neural network to a wide variety of domain parameters in simulation. This helps…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.47
…of up to six cameras, three lidars, and eight ultrasonic sensors. In addition, Nova Orin includes support for Robot Operating System (ROS) software modules. NVIDIA also said it provides DeepMap tools for mapping a robot's environment. “The entire platform is calibrated and tested to work out of the box and give developers valuable time to innovate on new features and capabilities,” said Andrews. Diagram of the Isaac Nova Orin reference platform's 3D sensor field. Source: NVIDIA Simulation to accelerate development NVIDIA also launched its OVX data center-scale Omniverse computing system for industrial digital twins. NVIDIA partnered with Open Robotics to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.92
…as cameras, laser imaging, detection, and ranging (lidar), and ultrasonic time-of-flight (ToF) sensors, to detect objects and avoid collisions. However, because AGVs can only change their route or destination with manual intervention, they are generally limited to a particular task. Lack of flexibility and limited decision-making capabilities have led to more advanced robots. AMRs take the AGV concept a step further with the ability to navigate more complex environments. Unlike AGVs, AMRs are able to adapt to changes in their surroundings, flexibly navigating through the warehouse without colliding with other objects or causing damage. This is where simultaneous localization and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.32
…This project seeks to catalyze robotic automation for rapid ultrasonic welding of TPC components. These innovations are expected to lead to increased welding speed, applicability to a wider range of products, reduce the assembly time, and reduce the number of welding trials and process calibration articles. Agile Automated Visual Inspection Source: GE Research Principal Investigator: GE Research Project Team: University of Washington, and GKN Aerospace Defense Project Description: Accurate visual inspection of components is critical to safety in aerospace and is often the limiting factor in manufacturing processes, especially for composite components. Current processes are time-consuming, manual, subjective, often inaccurate,…