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…marine and defense industries. The Boston-based company said its software and systems work with ships, workboats, and commercial passenger vessels. Sea Machines contributes to mtu NautIQ line London-based Rolls-Royce said its expanded mtu NautIQ product range follows its strategy to be a leading marine innovator and to provide customers with complete propulsion and control solutions “from bridge to propeller.” The…
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…mini-cheetah, as well as for Boston Dynamics’ robots, are “analytically designed,” relying on human engineers to analyze the physics of locomotion, formulate efficient abstractions, and implement a specialized hierarchy of controllers to make the robot balance and run. You use a “learn by experience model” for running instead of programming it. Why? Programming how a robot should act in every…
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…bioengineering graduate student at Northeastern University in Boston has designed a robotic hand able to produce sign language. The student, Samantha Johnson, named the system “TATUM,” which stands for “Tactile ASL Translational User Mechanism.” The genesis of the robot began when Johnson took a course in American Sign Language (ASL) in her second year at Northeastern. The course put her…
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…Massachusetts awarded $3,057,320 to Harvard University and Boston University to support the development of next-generation robotics and wearable technologies. The new grant will help researchers working to improve the lives of people with neuro-motor impairments and to help individuals achieve ambitious fitness goals, according to the Baker-Polito administration. The project will also help drive innovation in a new category of…
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…joint venture in 2020. The Boston-based company is developing SAE Level 4 autonomous vehicles for robotaxi providers and fleet operators. It claimed that its achievements include the first fully-autonomous cross-country drive in the U.S, the launch of the world's first robotaxi pilot, and more than 100,000 public rides. In November 2021, Motional announced plans to partner with Lyft Inc. on…
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…said the engineers from the Boston-based autonomous shuttle developer will help its capabilities in advanced driver-assistance systems, or ADAS. “Growing our engineering bench strength in sensing hardware and software helps accelerate our path forward in a rapidly growing ADAS market,” stated John O’Hara, president of Magna Electronics. The companies did not disclose financial terms of the acquisition, and Magna will…
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…and lacks specialized application—for example, Boston Dynamics' Spot robot dog. On the other hand, we will see an increasing number of software- or application-focused companies that offer dedicated functionalities to certain target markets. For example, German startup Energy Robotics focuses on the inspection of assets or plants. Ryden: In some sense, more specialization. As the software improves, robots can be…
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…the ActivSight imaging module. The Boston-based digital surgery company claimed that it completed the world’s first autonomous robotic surgery of soft tissue in 2018. Activ Surgical said it is using artificial intelligence and augmented reality (AR) to improve surgical vision and make procedures safe, smart, and accessible to all. The patented ActiveEdge software is being designed to reduce preventable errors…
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…Universität München, or the Technical University of Munich, yesterday won the Indy Autonomous Challenge Powered by Cisco. TUM competed in a field of nine teams from 21 universities to win the $1 million grand prize in the first autonomous racecar competition at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The rules of the Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC) required each team to compete in…
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…with participants from from 21 universities and nine nations have programmed Dallara AV-21 racecars in pursuit of the $1 million first-place prize. The primary goal of the Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC) is to advance technology that can speed the deployment of advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and the commercialization of fully autonomous vehicles. It is also a platform for students to…
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…FedEx, Yaskawa, Waypoint, and the University of Memphis. Since some of the participants are in multiple groups, they are able to coordinate efforts and focus on different aspects of the challenge. “Now that the MassRobotics standard is published, they can use it in their projects where it's applicable,” said Walker. “We've been talking with anyone who will listen about this,…
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…the exact indoor environments so Boston Dynamics' quadruped could autonomously operate in these different indoor settings. “As we deploy Spot equipped with our data-collection sensors and field-control software to indoor environments, we need to develop a cost effective and reliable workflow to train our ML-based perception models,” said Aviad Almagor, division vice president of emerging technology at Trimble. “At the…
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…robotics department in Bar Ilan University. The company said it has 20 team members, most of whom are engineers and software developers. Unlimited Robotics has a presence in California, Colombia, and Georgia. Its investors include Avishai Abrahamai, founder and CEO of Wix.com, who serves as a board member in the company. Gary designed for everyday chores Gary is designed to…
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…in London; Parsippany, N.J.; and Boston, said it is the only such platform accredited by leading global educational institutions. Fundamental Surgery applies haptics The Fundamental Surgery platform allows users to have the same sights, sounds, feelings, and sensations they would experience in a real operating room, said FundamentalVR. It combines HapticVR technology and analytics of previously unmeasurable data points so…
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…but also for schools and universities. The new fulfillment center, formerly operated by a third-party logistics (3PL) provider, now handles pallet movements autonomously with BALYO’s robots for all applications, from dock to dock. Operations are performed under real-life conditions like those in distribution or production centers, said the companies. BALYO said it has started to sell more than 5,000 pallet…
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