Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.54
…tools, integration with third-party analytics, and creating APIs [application programming interfaces] for data sharing. Data is extremely important for our customers, so it’s a very large focus of our research and development investment today. We recently announced our move to Google Cloud, which will support more mobile experience, data collection, and more advanced inventory analytics. With Sam's Club, we have more scale than any other robotics company on the planet, and our intention is to build on that scale. Is interoperability among robots from multiple vendors a concern in terms of fleet management? Pinn: Commercial environments are different from industrial…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.49
…long way since their introduction and are sophisticated in programming. “More than 10 years ago, when working with a large academic medical center here in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area, we surveyed different uses for AGV systems. I recall them being so ‘smart’ that when they were about to run out of power, they returned to their home base to recharge,” Kim-LaBroad says. “Delivery functions are also very inherent; the robot knows exactly where it needs to go, and it can do so without distraction or interruption.” The AGV technology migrated to health care from manufacturing. “The use of AGVs…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.48
…of the OB7 family is built with a “no programming” user interface, making job teaching simple and fast. In addition, each cobot model can be equipped with the human-like sense OB Vision, providing even simpler, faster, and more efficient robot training and operation. The future of CNC robotics The fast development of CNC robots is revolutionizing the manufacturing sector. Here are some factors to consider about the future of these technologies: Advances in CNC machining and robotics CNC machinery and AI-powered robots can improve production. CNC machines will become more customizable with better sensors and software. 3D printing and additive…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.46
…execution optimization.” Near-constant communication with automation systems through application programming interfaces (APIs) allow a WMS or WES to know the current inventory in different systems, but it’s up to the WES logic to make the smartest order-release and inventory allocation decisions, Elliot explains. On paper, one automation system might be more efficient at fulfilling orders in the order pool, but if that system is in the middle of replenishment and is short on inventory needed to complete the work, a different system may end up being faster, explained Elliott. “To make the most optimal decisions, you can’t effectively do that…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.36
…and validate their work. The software offers several application programming interfaces to connect to VR hardware and software. Multiuser collaboration support was added in VRED 2019.2 release. This allows, for example, the chief designer to review and improve on weekly design iterations during the shutdown via VR. “The XR (AR and VR) workflows in products like Alias and VRED help our customers to better create forms and shapes, understand proportions in the context of their design ideas, and empower collaborations and digital decision-making,” says Thomas Heermann, associate VP of Design and Creation Products, Autodesk. The use of AR/VR in automotive…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.32
…their own apps, portals, and reports. With APIs [application programming interfaces], several big customers can do their own data mining. What do you think about the interoperability efforts currently under way? Thomason: There is such a thing as standardizing APIs too early. For example, there was an early push for RPC and CORBA that went awry. Does OLAP still matter? It doesn't; the Web crushed all that. Everybody thinks the iPad was the first tablet, but before that was Windows Tablet Edition, but the hardware wasn't ready. Won't know what will be like the Web for robotics, so I'm not…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.32
…require little time to deploy and re-purpose by reducing programming, training, and calibration efforts through machine learning and AI. The Path to Adopt Multi-Modal AI and Rapid Re-tasking & Robot Agility Project Project team: Siemens (principal investigator), University of Southern California Topic areas addressed: Discovery workshops and market studies Description: This project will build assess the state of the art and propose technology roadmaps for the following topics: Multi-modal inputs for AI: Recent advancements of foundation model developed at a surprisingly rapid pace (such as ChatGPT). These models are designed for multi-modal inputs and will dominate the AI landscape over…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.32
…programs will have to fill the gap through direct programming or investments in partnership programs with third-party vendors. “We know workforce development works,” stated Karin Norington-Reaves, CEO of the Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership. “For me, it is really about scale and quite frankly the bandwidth of organizations within our network. We will never be able to fully meet the needs of all of the people who so desperately want to work and who need the additional skills. It’s not a question of will people be successful; it’s a question of will they be able to gain access to the program.”…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.32
…a little bit of mechanical design, electrical design, and programming algorithm design. They come out with a great skill set that ends up being very helpful in looking for jobs later on. Tell us more about your role as the new director of Stevens Institute for Artificial Intelligence. It's a unique opportunity because SIAI is a unique center at Stevens, and is very, very broad in scope. It's probably the broadest collection of faculty that we have involved in one center at Stevens. AI touches so many different disciplines in science, and engineering, where you would expect it to, but…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.17
…needs to be done. It uses an API [application programming interface] and calls on whatever robot is best for the task. You don't want a floor scrubber in the way of pallet movers in a loading bay.” “Every organization has to make its bets,” Rocos' Inggs said. “Automated warehouses are part of a wider food chain, ranging from autonomous trucks for the container yard all the way through pick and place off conveyor belts. It's an end-to-end journey. We're starting to see bespoke applications in addition to one-stop shop systems integrators.” Other companies working on robot interoperability include Formant, Körber…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.09
…CAD formats, and provides direct import and customizable application programming interfaces to link to CAD and product lifecycle management (PLM) systems. Vertex is a cloud-based, zero-install solution for collaboration with external stakeholders, including customers. Image courtesy of Vertex. “Interactive 3D models give us and our customers a way to better communicate rather than needing to rely on a 2D drawing,” says Ryan Kloos, a sales application supervisor at Terex. “Seeing the location of different components in proximity is very hard for the untrained eye to do on a 2D PDF,” Wiesner adds. “The ease with which we can now share…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.92
…of designers with parts destined for production in 3D Systems hardware. This SolidWorks-3DXpert connection, solidified and maintained with application programming interface exchanges and corporate handshakes, symbolize the collective desire in engineering: better bridges between CAD and AM.