Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.77
August 27, 2020
…The Baidu AVP solution consists of software including sensing, perception, planning and control. Baidu also developed a domain controller called Apollo Computing Unit (ACU), integrated with RTI Connext Drive software, targeted at mass production projects “to provide the full stack capability for car OEMs,” according to a press release. RTI Connext Drive, based upon the open Data Distribution Service (DDS) standard, is a software framework that enables improved communications reliability. “The autonomous vehicle market has experienced rapid growth in the last several years. We developed RTI Connext Drive to give our customers and partners the tools to solve complex autonomy…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.87
June 25, 2020
…one as it is a very human challenge of perception, emotions and the cornerstone of all effective health care, the physician-patient relationship,” comments Koulopoulos. Dean Slawson is the VP of advanced technologies at PointClickCare in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. “As with any technology, the application of robots needs to be selected or designed to be suitable for the task at hand,” says Slawson. “There are many functions in health care that humans perform that offer interesting potential for the use of robotics. For example, one can imagine cases where robots would reduce the contact exposure to infection for health care workers,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.83
April 15, 2020
…bring reliability and consistency to the combination of navigation, perception, and manipulation, we are excited to be launching an autonomous mobile robot (AMR) into the marketplace later this year. Our collaborative AMR will address the market’s need for greater payloads in material handling. Q: What else can we expect from IAM in 2020? A: We’re working with A.S. Watson Group to deploy a fleet of Swift™ robots at its Benelux e-commerce fulfillment center in the Netherlands. We’re also opening a state-of-the-art headquarters and Showcase Innovation Center in Pittsburgh, where we’ll showcase our solutions and research. Q: Will robots ever take…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.92
January 10, 2020
…and develop the next generation of safe vehicles.” Sensor Perception Accurate information from cameras, RADAR/LiDAR or satellite navigation is relied upon by ADAS systems to make safety-critical decisions. Now the blind spots caused by vehicle-road dynamics can be identified to determine which sensors to rely upon, when. For example, ensuring that a car driving over a speed bump is able to perceive a pedestrian, even if the camera vibrations prevent tracking. Vehicle Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) can evaluate how sensors function when subjected to vibrations or changes in orientation, so they can cost effectively develop sensor fusion between road tests.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 18.86
January 07, 2020
…road scenarios that cannot be reliably detected by conventional perception platforms. To validate the sensors' effectiveness, exhaustive road testing must be successfully completed—requiring significant development time and expenses. With ANSYS, AEye empowers automotive manufacturers to potentially simulate driving situations across millions of miles in just days, minimizing physical prototyping. AEye is implementing ANSYS SPEOS and ANSYS VRXPERIENCE, a driving simulation tool with physics-based sensor models, into the design of AEye's iDAR—empowering customers to test and certify iDAR designs within a realistic virtual driving environment. AEye's automotive-grade iDAR combines deterministic and AI-driven perception to deliver detection and classification at high speed…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.62
December 02, 2019
…to go LIDAR-free, using stereo camera as the main perception-for-navigation sensor. This will require the development of camera-based algorithms for localization, object detection, classification, semantic segmentation, and path planning. These sidewalk robots are still far from being totally autonomous. First, they are often deployed in environments such as US university campuses where there is little sidewalk traffic and where the sidewalks are well-structured. Many robots are also restricted to daylight and perception-free conditions. Critically, the suppliers also have remote tele-operator centers. The ratio of operators to robots will need to be kept to an absolute minimum if such businesses are…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.13
October 21, 2019
…Sankar “Jay” Jayaram, CTO, Intel Sports ● Closing the Perception-Actuation Loop Using Machine Learning: New Perspectives and Strategies (Nov. 13, 9:15 a.m.-10:15 a.m.) Vincent Vanhoucke, principal scientist and director of robotics, Google ● Present State and Future Directions for Intelligent Vision-Based Collaborative Robots (Nov. 13, 4 p.m. - 5 p.m.) Henrik Christensen, Qualcomm Chancellor’s Chair in Robot Systems, professor of computer science at UC San Diego and director of the Institute for Contextual Robotic, UC San Diego; and co-founder, Robust.AI. Last year, CRAV.ai drew more than 500 attendees, including engineers and decision makers from companies like Google, Apple, Intel, Lockheed…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 20.74
October 03, 2019
…(AVs). ANSYS commissioned the survey to gauge global consumer perception of AVs and better understand expectations for the future of travel. In June, ANSYS unveiled a snapshot from this study of public attitudes toward autonomous aircraft. The release of the Global Autonomous Vehicles Report provides a detailed analysis of public perceptions, ANSYS says. The report confirms consumers have high expectations for autonomous capabilities and that consumers are comfortable with the idea of riding in autonomous cars and aircraft in their lifetime. Highlights from the report include: Consumer faith: 71% of global respondents believe autonomous cars are better at driving than…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.37
September 16, 2019
…Vision. ANSYS SCADE Vision reduces the cost of AV perception software testing, enhances safety and drives value from AV data. ANSYS SCADE Suite enhances features required for developing advanced automotive systems and the embedded software that controls these systems for autonomous vehicles. ANSYS 2019 R3 includes improved AUTOSAR support in SCADE for ISO 26262 certified code generation and software component design. ANSYS 2019 R3 includes multiple tool enhancements to ANSYS VRXPERIENCE Driving Simulator powered by SCANeR, ANSYS VRXPERIENCE HMI, ANSYS SPEOS and ANSYS HFSS SBR+. Updates to ANSYS VRXPERIENCE provide innovations in scenario simulation, sensors, sound simulations and virtual reality…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.42
June 17, 2019
Seventy percent of consumers say they are ready to fly in autonomous aircraft in their lifetime according to a comprehensive global consumer survey commissioned by ANSYS. ANSYS’ Global Autonomous Vehicle Study explores consumers’ comfort levels and concerns with self-flying aircraft. Through the survey, ANSYS measured consumer sentiment around the future of autonomous aircraft. Highlights of the survey include: Timeline for Adoption: While 70% are ready to fly in an autonomous plane in their lifetime, only 58% are willing to board a self-flying plane in the next decade. Twelve percent insist on waiting longer than 10 years. Consumer Fears: When asked…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.02
April 10, 2019
…“Bringing the Kinema team into Boston Dynamics expands our perception and learning capabilities while the Pick product accelerates our entry into the logistics market,” said Boston Dynamics founder and CEO Marc Raibert. “Beyond being a powerful tool for industrial robotic arms, Kinema technology will help our mobile manipulation robots tackle a wide variety of complex real-world tasks.” Pick joins Boston Dynamics’ recently upgraded Handle platform in addressing the logistics industry. Last week, Boston Dynamics released a video of Handle performing both multi-SKU palletizing and depalletizing to conveyor tasks. While development continues on Handle, Boston Dynamics plans to sell and support…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.88
March 19, 2019
…storage and retrieval tasks, and more. Technological advances in perception, processing power, and gripping have also expanded robotic capabilities for the DC. Advances in 3D vision technology are expediting and improving unloading and picking tasks, both of which consume large amounts of labor and resources in the typical warehouse. Making the right choice With a wide array of robotics options to select from, making the right choice for your operation is an important first step down the automation path. And because much of the data for these applications doesn’t even exist yet—and will need to be collected and understood—pilot programs…
