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…functions encompassing areas such as programming, offline commissioning and simulation, maintenance, vision, and safety. The controllers also feature built-in connectivity to ABB Ability Connected Services cloud-based service suite for robots, which ABB said can improve performance through predictive maintenance and lifecycle management. In addition, the company announced its IoT Gateway open automation software for OmniCore. IoT Gateway is intended to…
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…partner with customers' APIs [application programming interfaces]. If anything goes wrong with the warehouse management system [WMS] or warehouse execution system [WES], we're responsible.” Overhead view of BG RPS pick cell. Source: Berkshire Grey Change management and RaaS One of the biggest challenges for fulfillment center operators is change management, Boyalakuntla acknowledged. “A warehouse is like a plane in flight,”…
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…customization pathway via an application programming interface (API) that was not previously available, said Engineered Arts. The robot includes upgradable modular mechanics via a cloud-managed API development tool kit. While some technology observers debated whether Ameca was on the “creepy” side of the so-called uncanny valley with its realistic facial expressions, Ameca is designed to be engaging and nonthreatening for…
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…its software can simplify robot programming. The Columbus, Ohio-based company's core product is Forge/OS, which it described as “the first industrial operating system for controlling robots from top robot OEMs, as well as the peripherals needed to make those robots productive in a real-world environment.” It released Forge/OS 5 earlier this year. In addition to its enterprise-grade software, the company…
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…remotely to build the application programming interface (API) and integrate the systems. Initial deployment done in phases The project got under way in May 2020. When the robots arrived in Carson City, 6 River Systems gave the Top Notch maintenance team remote instructions on how to set them up. The Nevada facility went first because Top Notch was in the…
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…AWS IoT RoboRunner provides application programming interfaces (APIs) for building applications, which can be customized to a particular business case, Yun said. Amazon Web Services provides an introduction to getting started in its AWS IoT RoboRunner Developer Guide. AWS, MassRobotics see startup needs The AWS Robotics Startup Accelerator is open to hardware and software startups around the world, said Werner…
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…grail for roboticists, said Pham. Programming force controllers is extremely complicated, requiring long hours to perfect the grip just for a specific task, he said. Current robots in the market have either high accuracy but low agility, where robots perform the same movements repeatedly such as in a car factory, or low accuracy but high agility, such as robots handling…
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…accuracy offered by SCARA robots. Programming in the new generation of SCARA robots can account for controls, lighting, and image and data processing, significantly reducing equipment setup time. We expect SCARA robots to continue to improve in capability and find more and more novel industrial applications. As next-generation SCARA robots offer ever-greater precision, faster cycle times, and easier programming, their…
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…of industrial applications without additional programming. “Lidar has become instrumental in increasing efficiency by solving tough sensing challenges faced by industrial customers, thanks to unmatched reliability and accuracy,” said Tony Rigoni, director of industrial market development and alliances at Quanergy. “It's quick to set up, delivers unmatched performance, and [is] competitively priced.” Founded in 2012, Quanergy Systems and builds on…
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…analyst firm Gartner Inc. Application programming interfaces (APIs) from robotics vendors and from warehouse management system 〈WMS〉 providers can help. However, things get more complicated when multiple types of robots, fixed automation, and other systems like manifesting or cubing and weighing, need to work in concert. “The problem is when operations get to the point of deploying heterogeneous fleets of…
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…facility and interacted through application programming interfaces (APIs). SoftBank among funding leaders Capital Today, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Meituan, and other investors participated in Gaussian's Series C round. The company did not disclose its current valuation, reported Reuters. In April, Gaussian Robotics raised $100 million in Series B funding. The global market for cleaning robots will experience a compound annual…
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…their reduced footprint and intuitive programming, cobots have been a major disruption to industrial automation and are within that Industry 4.0 sweet spot of technology solutions that we find that our local employers need funded education programs for,” said Jeff Spain, director of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) at Columbus State Community College in Ohio. “When large companies endorse UR…
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…hiring of additional engineers for programming and maintenance—have yet to be included. Given the high cost of capital investment, it is hard to justify automation in a low-wage country such as Mexico or many parts of Asia or Eastern Europe. If automation is part of a longer-term strategy, it is important to consider the significant sunk costs and its effect…
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…five minutes with no vision programming expertise required. Changeover between pieces which are already programmed is possible in less than one minute, making “Batch Size One” production a reality, said the company. The simplicity of the programming software means that full operator training can be completed in less than half a day, further reducing the time needed to put the…
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…light' in the API [application programming interface].” “Then there's the different levels of information they can give back—position, trajectory, and time parameter or schedule,” he explained. “We can't tell the robots what to do, but they can show us where they're planning to go.” “The next step up is to give commands, such as pause and resume. Then there's offering…
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