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Pittsburgh Airport Plans 3D Printing Cluster

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…engineering programs in AM; and Carnegie Mellon University. “Workforce development is a key component of this,” Storer says. “Additive manufacturing is still in its infancy, and it is advancing faster than the workforce. We have a great university system here in Pennsylvania, and the schools want to get on board and train this ‘new collar’ workforce.” In addition, both America…


Honeywell announces creation of Pittsburgh-based Honeywell Robotics

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…and complex needs. Honeywell also is collaborating with AI researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s National Robotics Engineering Center to develop breakthrough robotics technologies for distribution centers. The company, through its Honeywell Ventures investment fund, has strategic investments in robotics companies, including Soft Robotics and Attabotics, to help automate complex tasks in dynamic environments to maximize productivity and labor efficiency.


Honeywell and Fetch Robotics Deliver Autonomous Mobile Robots to DCs

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…previously announced its collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University to develop next-generation artificial intelligence and robotics technologies for distribution centers. The Fetch Robotics collaboration adds mobility capability to the portfolio of robotics solutions Honeywell is bringing to market. Pieter Krynauw, president of Honeywell Intelligrated: “As staffing challenges and the continued growth of online shopping are pressuring supply chains, robotics can be…


Uber Fires Self-Driving Vehicle Engineer Anthony Levandowski amid Legal Battle with Google

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…of researchers and engineers from Carnegie Mellon University. It was reportedly Levandowski’s decision to rapidly expand those efforts into San Francisco at the end of 2016. In other news, Uber quietly dropped the name for its driverless truck unit, “Otto.” The change was made last month in the wake of a trademark infringement dispute with a similarly named Canadian company…


Ford Invests $1 Billion in Autonomous Vehicle and Artificial Intelligence Robotics Firm Argo AI

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…COO. Both are alumni of Carnegie Mellon National Robotics Engineering Center and former leaders on the self-driving car teams of Google and Uber, respectively. “The next decade will be defined by the automation of the automobile, and autonomous vehicles will have as significant an impact on society as Ford’s moving assembly line did 100 years ago,” said Ford President and…


Uber Reportedly Shopping Around For Self-Driving Mercedes-Benz Transportation Fleet

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…it poached from Google and Carnegie Mellon University. The company recently announced plans to expand its Pittsburgh facility to include a test track for driverless cars. “Uber isn’t valued at more than $50 billion because it’s a ‘taxi app,’ but because investors see Uber as a logistics company.” - Adrian Gonzalez, Adelante SCM Still, purchasing a fleet of cars, especially…


Father of Robotics Joseph F. Engelberger dies at 90

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…Garden College, Trinity College, and Carnegie Mellon University. “Joe was the Henry Ford for the robotics business and a tremendous international ambassador,” said Don Vincent, past RIA president. “It was Joe’s personal drive and commitment to make forming Robotics Industries Association a reality along with his pioneering talents that convinced his competitors that RIA was needed for the future of…


RIA events next week focus on safety and collaborative robots

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…robotics organizations including Georgia Tech, Carnegie Mellon, Rethink Robotics, Universal Robots, ABB, KUKA, FANUC, Precise Automation, Beckman Coulter, Robotiq, Soft Robotics, Marlatt Automation/FIPA. There will also be discussion around use cases for collaborative robots with a panel including General Motors, Glidewell Dental, and SEPCO Erie. “Robot safety is of utmost importance to the RIA and we are looking forward to…


IAM Robotics to open state-of-the-art headquarters and showcase innovation center

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…our solution, the proximity to Carnegie Mellon University’s National Robotics Engineering Center, and all of the numerous amenities in Pittsburgh’s Strip District and Historical Lawrenceville neighborhoods,” said Founder, Tom Galluzzo. Galluzzo added, “This new location is going to allow us to dramatically ramp up our production capacity and development testing for new technologies. We’re embracing our solution by operating our…


Honeywell Intelligrated shows robotic sorter induction system

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…intelligence (AI)—developed in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University—enable the robot to improve its own performance over time. It also offers label detection and automatic reorientation,” Wicks added, noting that the system is built upon the Honeywell Universal Robotic controller which allows the robots to “see better, think smarter and act faster.” ProMat 2019 is scheduled to be held April 8-11…


IAM Robotics raises $20 million

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…robotics engineers who worked at Carnegie Mellon University’s National Robotics Engineering Center. Having worked on advanced projects in computer vision, embedded systems and autonomous manipulation, they were drawn into the industry by a customer who asked if they could develop a robot that picked items from warehouse shelving. Like many companies, this customer faced high labor turnover and hiring issues.…


RE2 Robotics Marks 20th Anniversary With New Robotic Arm for Outdoor Mobile Applications

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…as a defense subcontractor to Carnegie Mellon University by alumnus Jorgen Pedersen, the company incubated at the National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) in Pittsburgh. Today, anchored in Pittsburgh’s Robotics Row, the RE2 campus encompasses two buildings on a city block in the Lawrenceville neighborhood and includes space for indoor, outdoor, and underwater testing of robots. Click here for larger version.…


MIT Motion-Planning Algorithm Enables Robot to Safely Dress a Person

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…in The Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. “This research could potentially be applied to a wide variety of assistive robotics scenarios, towards the ultimate goal of enabling robots to provide safer physical assistance to people with disabilities.” Li wrote the paper alongside CSAIL postdoctoral student Nadia Figueroa, MIT Ph.D. student Ankit Shah, and MIT Professor Julie A. Shah. They…


Stockpile Reports Chooses American Robotics to Build Out Automated Drone Program

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…founded by leading roboticists from Carnegie Mellon University and Stanford University and focuses on designing, developing, and marketing drones for real-world environments. It offers Scout as a “drone-in-a-box” turnkey data service under a robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) business model. American Robotics noted that Scout is the first and only drone system approved by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for automated beyond…


American Robotics Joins FAA Rulemaking Committee on BVLOS Drone Operations

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…as a whole.” Roboticists from Carnegie Mellon University and Stanford University founded American Robotics in 2016. The privately owned company said it focuses on designing, developing, and marketing industrial drones for rugged, real-world environments. In May, wireless broadband firm Ondas Holdings Inc. acquired the MassRobotics member, and they recently completed a $51.5 million equity raise that was heavily oversubscribed. Drones…


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