Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.89
March 01, 2019
…for example, can be used for developing solutions for perception, navigation, manipulation and control in robotics systems. Developers can train and test robotics software using realistic virtual simulation environments. MathWorks added more deep learning enhancements to its latest releases of MATLAB and Simulink for designing and implementing deep neural networks and AI development. The Deep Learning Toolbox can be used to train deep learning networks for computer vision, signal processing and other applications. A Deep Network Designer app uses a drag-and-drop interface to help engineers build, visualize and edit deep learning networks. “If an engineer or data scientist wants to…
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 3.82
September 01, 2022
…and avoidance have largely been solved for mobile robots, perception and manipulation remain challenging for piece-picking operations. Advances in computer vision, machine learning, and end-of-arm tooling are now enabling robots to pick at human and even superhuman rates. One company focusing on successful automation of pick-and-place workflows is Material Handling Systems Inc. (MHS). The Mt. Washington, Ky.-based company spun out MHS Robotics from its research and development unit last year. Kristiyan Georgiev, R&D manager for computer vision and software engineering at MHS, spoke with Robotics 24/7 about improvements in robotic picking applications. How long have you been at MHS, and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.80
February 12, 2019
…for the distribution team, it’s exciting to be on the leading edge of an emerging technology. “There is a perception that I think is accurate that GEODIS is on the front line of this technology,” says McDonald. “If we were to wait until the technology matures to adopt it, we’d be behind the curve.” Adds Stock: “We want to be on the cutting edge, and as a result, we’re creating new opportunities for our business, and for the people who work for us.” Learn more about how GEODIS implemented robotics to increase productivity and throughput.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.73
May 13, 2021
…over more traditional manufacturing processes, it added. Despite the perception of Industry 4.0 as a revolutionary process requiring a huge level of capital investment, automation is increasingly affordable and available to organizations of every size. In fact, robotic systems often offer a fast return on investment, reducing floor space and allowing production processes to run for longer periods. Ultraseal said that in the case of its robotic vacuum impregnation system, the equipment, chemicals and processes are more economical and environmentally sustainable than traditional alternatives, while also offering improved quality and increased repeatability. Casting impregnation is usually carried out in three…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.72
June 17, 2022
…a partnership earlier this year that allows Plus One’s perception software to work with Tompkins’ tSort AMRs to accelerate fulfillment processes in distribution centers (DCs). Plus One’s software provides robots the hand-eye coordination to pick and place objects in DCs that have high package variability, said Erik Nieves, founder and CEO of Plus One Robotics. The tSort system offers scalable automated sortation. Last fall, Plus One also partnered with Locus Robotics to integrate AI-enabled piece-picking with AMRs from Locus. Generally, Nieves explained, automation of all types needs to become more integrated—not just robots with one another, but with traditional fixed…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.72
January 13, 2023
…is cool. There are some really interesting components, like perception AI to predict traffic flows from camera data. That's abstract enough that very few end customers that know what to do with it. SVT is partnering with Ox on augmented reality picking. Integrating AMRs [autonomous mobile robots] with voice picking—there's so much upside from these types of human augmentation. We pride ourselves that we’re the “Switzerland of robotics.” We're machine-agnostic. There are companies that we think do a great job, but we're not working on selling their robots, but to connect with great technology that's available. How do you assess…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.68
June 20, 2024
…develop the technology, sort out legality, and change public perceptions. “That's how we thought, ‘Where can these autonomous systems help?’ Vijay said. “And we focused around the delivery space, which was not so crowded. But, there were whitespaces because most of the delivery robots are heavily dependent on GPS positions and doing outdoors, they're small, they're modular. So that's how we started doing delivery robotics as a mainstream business.” Vijay said labor shortages and rising hourly wages make goods-to-person deliveries a good candidate for automation. Technology presents an opportunity to alleviate the impacts of labor challenges on businesses, allowing human…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.68
August 06, 2023
…during the Cold War competition, but robots offer ways to explore, prepare for eventual human follow-up, and extend our perception into the vast mysteries of space. There are endless opportunities for exploration. Caption About the author Aniket Roy is an experienced technical writer with a passion for exploring and explaining the latest developments in aerospace industry. Currently serving as a senior business analyst at Stratview Research, Roy has carved his niche in specific areas including aerospace. He is now creating content to help readers stay up to date with the latest trends and developments in his areas of expertise.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.68
April 14, 2023
…robot platforms, better sensing, better computing, and better actuation capabilities, then there are going to resemble the agility and perception of humans more and more. I think we we're going to just end up having better collaborators and robots of the future.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.38
August 19, 2024
…pallets are located. Compared to human vision and intuitive perception, which can seamlessly locate objects, machine vision requires more discreet steps. ”What the computer gets is just a digital sampling of the space,” Panzarella said. “It is the job of the software algorithms processing the sensor data to precisely localize the pallet in real-time.” Cameras and sensors provide context Seegrid uses a variety of cameras lidar, and other sensors to gather information about the environment enabling the autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) to accurately pick, transport, and place pallets. To facilitate feedback to its pallet manipulation stack, Panzarella said Seegrid uses…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.34
September 20, 2022
…from physically accurate sensor simulations to train artificial intelligence-based perception models, said NVIDIA. The synthetic data these simulations generate can improve the model performance and provide training data that often can’t be collected in the real world, it said. Developers can now test an autonomous mobile robot (AMR) in batches of parallel simulations that exercise its software stack in numerous environments and across varying conditions to ensure that they perform as designed. Continuous testing and continuous delivery, or CI/CD, of the evolving software stack is a compute-intensive component of successful robotics deployments, NVIDIA said. Isaac Sim provides for fleet management,…
