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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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…supported by RIMA (Robotics for Inspection and Maintenance), a four-year European initiative that aims to maximise the potential of robotic applications in inspection and maintenance across multiple sectors. RIMA provides financial and technical support to cross-border experiments involving small and medium-sized enterprises, and it is establishing a network of 13 Digital Innovation Hubs. Createc holds Queen’s Awards for International Trade…
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…applications ranging from object positioning, inspection, measurement, identification and sorting. The GM-1000 uses a combination of CPU and GPU computing for artificial intelligence of things (AIoT) and machine learning tasks. “Utilizing traditional fan-cooled graphics cards for machine vision and image processing in harsh environments has previously required a compromise,” says OnLogic Rugged Line Product Manager Maxx Garrison. “The required graphics…
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…is developing an architecture to securely collect sensor data in the inspection and defection detection workflow as well as secure the design and defect prediction process to ultimately optimize the full digital workflow.”
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…version of the robot with greater levels of autonomy and remote inspection capabilities, and the release of a robotic arm.“ Boston Dynamics is in the logistics automation market with a solution called “Pick,” a vision-based robotic depalletizing solution, and will introduce a mobile robot for warehouses in 2021.
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…upgrade, SRC does a visual inspection and adds the data to the virtual twin. Kasper says another Aras customer connects a visual interface of a robotic arm that “connects the original digital thread to the component level” of the robot. “They can diagnose and create a service bulletin from the manufacturing data, telling the customer how to fix the problem.”…
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…automatic device alignment and optical inspection. It also includes automation that reduces the load/unload time for efficient processing and reduced operator fatigue, the company adds. “Device manufacturers have asked us for a way to eliminate the use of traditional circuit boards and flex circuitry,” says Bryan Germann, Optomec product manager. “This opens up a whole new set of design possibilities…
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…the maintenance workers can do inspections in HoloLens, compare it to the design model to identify problems and suggest repairs,” says Jonnalagadda. On the use of AR/VR, Fraser cautions, “Most people don’t want to wear goggles all day, so the key is to identify the right use case and strategically deploy them.” The use of AR/VR for remote expert, as…
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…as Honeywell’s Voice Maintenance and Inspection can direct technicians through checklists with information from host data systems using voice commands and technician responses to help eliminate cumbersome, inefficient steps traditionally associated with paper-based or manual procedures. From concept and integration, Honeywell Intelligrated draws on its expanding portfolio and deep industry expertise to help warehousing, distribution and fulfillment companies optimize and…
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Software-based GripperAI manages mixed picking through basic geometry
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