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…company said it serves applications such as assembly, pick and place, inspection, and machine tending. Earlier this month, Mecademic received Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 Award. The award recognizes the achievements of Canadian technology companies, highlighting their commitment to innovation, continued resilience amid a global pandemic, strong leadership, and rapid revenue growth.
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…who must still deal with inspections, law enforcement, and getting out of the vehicle to do something like put out a flare,” he told Robotics 24/7. Human drivers are still needed for safety, even as it is a major driver for autonomous truck development, Fulton added. “Accidents related to commercial vehicles result in 5,000 to 6,000 fatalities per year in…
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…X1 drone for law-enforcement, industrial inspection, construction, and defense markets. The Boston-based company claimed that it is the first company to successfully develop a stable and highly maneuverable ducted bi-rotor drone. “Built to solve what had been thought of as unsolvable technical challenges with ducted-fan aerial vehicles, we developed and tested the Dronut platform through rigorous and innovative engineering,” stated…
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…will benefit industries that use underwater manipulation systems to conduct routine inspection and maintenance tasks, such as the oil and gas and renewable energy industries, according to RE2 Robotics.
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…the challenge: Multi-UAV search and inspection of large representative structures Intra-swarm communication and collective decision-making Collective transportation of objects between the large structure and the home location In the simulation phase, the participating teams will be required to complete inspection and intervention tasks in simulation. In August 2022, this phase will include the shortlisting of the five finalist teams. A…
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…for developers, ranging from asset inspection to mission-critical.” Both products are built on Blue UAS Framework components VOXL Flight and Flight Core. ModalAI’s autopilots are assembled in America and compliant with the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (NDAA 2020). The VOXL CAM perception engine from ModalAI starts at $999.99, and the Seeker micro-development drone starts at $2,999…
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…to a scanning booth for inspection and based on the results, they are taken for additional water, nutrients, or harvesting. “Designing and building Gover was a complex multi-year project, solving for many challenges in hardware, software, autonomy, and mobility. We assembled a world-class team to achieve this,” said Sarah Osentoski, senior vice president of engineering at Iron Ox. “Our goal…
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…and gas facility or infrastructure inspection was not really practical.” “For the past five-plus years, American Robotics has focused on getting Scout to meet the threshhold for fully autonomous technology to be valuable,” said Mozer. Commercialization considerations As with other forms of robotics, a research project isn't the same thing as a commercially viable product, noted Mozer. “A robot in…
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Manual inspections of tunnels and construction sites can be time-consuming, difficult, and hazardous. Autonomous drones can help, but they typically require GPS to navigate. Kajima Corp., one of the world's largest construction companies, today said it has partnered with Near Earth Autonomy Inc. to develop targeted systems to inspect such GPS-denied environments. “We are pleased that many of the autonomy…
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…faster and more efficient remote inspections.” All users can capture data with the new Walkthrough app, but they must have Enterprise Projects and a 360 Walkthrough subscription to process uploads. The Walkthrough app is intended to make data management and sharing easier. Source: DroneDeploy DroneDeploy offers Levels and angles With Levels, customers can filter 360 data and associated floor plans…
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…a workstation for a manual inspection. Putaway/Storage Bins are prioritized based on velocity. The 500 fastest-moving SKUs that represent about 60% of the daily workload are stored in standard shelving. Think of these as A+ movers. A and B and C movers are stored in a mini-load ASRS with 10 cranes and 115,000 storage locations. The fastest-moving A movers are…
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…of industrial operations, including material inspection, object recognition, electronic component analysis, signature recognition, optical character recognition, and currencies.” “A vision-guided robot (VGR) system is a robot having one or more cameras used to supply the robot controller with a second feedback signal, to move more accurately to a variable destination,” said the analyst firm. The following companies showed robots guided…
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…of the pre- and post-flight inspection of C-17 aircraft, including at-height visual inspection of the aircraft’s fuselage, wing, and tail. It will also conduct the at-height reading of analog gauges and other autonomous sustainment activities. By enabling these tasks to be performed by a robotic system, MAAPS will reduce the need for military personnel to work at height when conducting…
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…ability to run routine safety inspections on equipment and critical infrastructure across operations and receive sensor data “With the current growth and expansion of robots in the workplace, Ava's work with Johnson Controls serves as another example of applying intelligent, mobile technology to drive better business outcomes and satisfaction,” said Marcio Macedo, co-founder and vice president of products at Ava…
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…into a mine and perform inspections that would otherwise be difficult for a human to do. David Wetz has been conducting research based on his background in energy storage. He examined battery failures and has worked to design a battery that meets all energy needs. Wetz also noted that the structure to house the battery and other electrical components must…
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Software-based GripperAI manages mixed picking through basic geometry
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