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…invested in Percepto for autonomous inspection of industrial sites. Autonomous mobile robots on the rise Guardian Industries and Koch are not the only companies that want to optimize internal transportation flows, according to Mobile Industrial Robots. The Odense, Denmark-based company recently reported a 55% increase in AMR sales in first quarter of 2021, which makes it the best first quarter…
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…levels of autonomy is drone inspections. Exyn Technologies has been developing autonomous aerial drones for complex, GPS-denied environments. The Philadelphia-based company is a spin-out of the University of Pennsylvania's GRASP Laboratory and said it suppports the mining, logistics, and construction industries with its “full-stack solution.” In March, Exyn Technologies announced that it had expanded its strategic partnerhsip with Sandvik Mining…
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…land autonomously. It supplies aerial inspection systems to defense and civilian customers. Last year, Near Earth won a NASA contract to develop technology for industrial infrastructure inspection. The company provided its systems to the K-MAX TITAN, which Kaman Air Vehicles described as “the world's first heavy-lift, unmanned helicopter for the commercial market.” The U.S. Marine Corps planned to test the…
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…capabilities in warehouses and quality inspection in factories. The Lincolnshire, Ill.-based company has also acquired Adaptive Vision Sp. z o.o., which provides machine vision software to developers, systems integrators, and end users. “We are excited to introduce our first suite of MV [machine vision] and FIS [fixed industrial scanning] solutions for the industrial automation market,” stated Donato Montanari, vice president…
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…a key role in infrastructure inspection and maintenance, defense and security, and agriculture, according to industry analysts. The global commercial drone market could be worth $100 billion, said Goldman Sachs. American Robotics said its Scout System can provide “an unmatched level of autonomy, safety, and analytics with its industrial-grade design and advanced, AI-powered software.” Digitizing the physical world enables industrial…
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…packaging, pick and place, and inspection processes. “FANUC’s SCARA robots provide great solutions when speed and repeatability are essential,” said Eric Potter, director of FANUC’s general industry and automotive engineering segments. “Our SCARA robots are designed to help customers increase productivity in a number of industries including consumer electronics, auto components, plastics, food and beverage, lab automation, appliances, and medical…
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…sanding cell and a visual inspection cell at READY's solutions center in Austin, Texas. Kel Guerin, co-founder and CIO, showed how the Unity game engine works in READY ForgeSim to simulate and program different robots and processes, such as pick-and-place and machine tending operations. This can also help with planning and training, he said. “By unlocking access to robot programming…
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…are used for materials handling, inspection, and disinfection. “It's just the first step of factory upgrading and transformation to realize unmanned operation via mobile robots,” stated Cody Zhang, CEO of Youibot. “What's more important is to deeply integrate mobile robots into business management via industrial service software, assisting in resource optimization and decision-making.” “The model of mobile robots plus industrial…
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…applications for drones, including powerline inspection. Here, MAAP pilot Christopher Stewart checks the balance of a drone during research on detect-and-avoid technology, part of a collaboration with Dominion Energy. Credit: Mark Blanks for Virginia Tech Virginia Tech team plans future research The team is hoping that future research will reveal more detail about how people's opinions evolve before and after…
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…the Guardian S for remote inspection and surveillance, the Guardian GT mobile manipulator, and the Guardian XT for teleoperation. How are they developing? Wolff: The Guardian XT is essentially the upper body of our exoskeleton with some extra dexterity, mounted on rolling or telescoping bases. It's a fascinating opportunity to leverage our technology. Humans have all the perception, and it…
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…use a second camera for inspection, before we release that order downstream,” said Nieves. “We function as our own closed-loop quality control in these applications.” Software steps up Robotics vendors not only have software layers to help with fleet operations and path optimization, they also increasingly have dashboards and analytics that can be useful for managers. That makes asking about…
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…instead of it not passing inspection.” “In the old way, a brand-new forklift might look 10 years old after one month and has caused hundreds of thousands of dollars of damage,” Agarwal said. “You might have 200 forklift operators and three shifts, and turnover means they don't know the equipment or environment.” “People take a reactive approach to safety—it's human…
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…roles, such as maintenance and inspection. To offset this, companies need a way to digitize and automate workflows and use labor management tools to improve and shorten onboarding, training and the building up of expertise within the existing labor pool. The third trend involves increasing uptime and minimizing unplanned downtime. Companies need data to help them understand how their facilities…
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…for defense, security, and infrastructure inspection were involved in $8.2 billion worth of Q1 transactions, but that was because of Teledyne Technologies' $8 billion acquisition of FLIR Systems. The next biggest sector was transportation—mainly around autonomous cars and trucks—with more than $3.3 billion in deals. Although SAE Level 5 autonomy may still be years away, significant progress has been made…
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…allowing you to automate routine inspection tasks and data capture safely, accurately, and frequently.” As seen on 60 Minutes this week, Spot can travel on battery power at 3 mph and has a range of about 90 minutes. The mobile robot's battery packs are interchangeable, and it can be equipped with an arm and a gripper. Spot is designed to…
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