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…its longer-range plan for connecting cities and suburbs, and VoloDrone is for transporting goods. The company said VoloPort will be its transport hub, and VoloIQ is an app that will run on Microsoft Azure “offering full transparency for the complex urban air mobility ecosystem in real time.” Saudi smart city invests in Volocopter Volocopter became a strategic partner with investor…
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…systems (ADAS) and autonomous vehicles, smart cities and spaces, and industrial applications. The company said its patented sensor technology achieves “a balanced approach to performance, cost, and reliability, while enabling scalable and intelligent 3D perception solutions across industries.” Cepton's leadership includes industry veterans with a wide range of experience in lidar and imaging technologies. The San Jose, Calif.-based company has…
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…companies are also testing a “smart city” concept for outdoor deliveries of Starbucks goods within the neighboring parks, apartments, and homes. In addition, Mitsubishi, Cartken, and others are working on deliveries inside a multilevel office building. Looking ahead, Cartken’s CEO says the next big challenge is scaling up robot manufacturing to keep pace with orders. It has strong demand from…
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…position and move goods. Pick-and-place smarts Robots used in pack out need to have adequate smarts to both pick and place, and to instantly learn on the job as new items come through to be packed. Numerous vendors have emerged who offer software, AI and vision technology for robotic applications like e-commerce packing. These vendors don’t make the robots—they offer…
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…of Things (IIoT), manufacturing, and smart cities. The Jetson Orin Nano modules will be available in January starting at $199. To learn more about NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano, watch the GTC 2022 keynote from Jensen Huang. GTC registration is free. NVIDIA updates Nova Orin reference platform Fleets of mobile robots are starting to deliver items such as next-day packages and…
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…University, researchers have deployed a smart tissue autonomous robot (STAR) that performed a laparoscopic surgery on a pig. The event is a precursor to what's possible for humans: soft tissue surgery performed by a robot. Surgeons require years of practice to become skilled at performing this type of surgery. It involves connecting two ends of an intestine. It is a…
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Disruptive Technology & Digital Cities Stanford University - September 9th and 12th, 2022 It is clear that our world is at an inflection point. Awareness of the interconnection between overarching factors such as climate change, technological transformation, global security and social justice is increasing - as is the understanding that addressing these issues will require an informed, multifaceted and visionary…
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…several years. Dexterity provides robot smarts as a service Redwood City, Calif.-based Dexterity said its software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform gives standard industrial robot arms the vision, sense of touch, and intelligence to be full-task robots. They can multi-task, handle complicated goods, fit within existing workflows, and surpass human throughput in repetitive tasks, it claimed. The company said it helps automate material…
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…construction to agriculture, logistics, healthcare, smart cities, last-mile delivery, and more. Jetson AGX Orin to help build AI-driven products faster Traditionally, developers and engineers have been limited in their ability to handle multiple concurrent data streams for complex application environments, said NVIDIA. They’ve faced strict latency requirements, energy-efficiency constraints, and issues with high-bandwidth wireless connectivity. And they need to be…
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…is now available in ten cities. This year's Baidu World will witness a key step forward in Baidu's progress towards its goal of providing autonomous driving service to more users. New version of Kaiwu to be unveiled on Baidu AI Cloud In 2021, Baidu AI Cloud launched its industrial Internet platform Kaiwu, enabling the intelligent transformation of industries with the…
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…stay.” Honeywell recently introduced a smart, flexible depalletizer that eliminates the need for manual labor to break down pallet loads. The depalletizer’s articulated robotic arm guided by vision and perception technologies picks individual cases from single- or mixed-SKU pallets. A combination of machine learning capabilities and motion planning software is said to optimize handling for a range of cases. “This…
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…changes could bring to their city. What a large-scale drone delivery service will look like is on the minds of many people. “This is an exciting time for both businesses and consumers,” said Dan O'Toole, founder, and chief executive officer of Dronedek. “We are on the brink of a revolutionary change that will fundamentally transform how things are delivered.” Many…
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…in industrial, homeland security, and smart city services markets,” stated Eric Brock, chairman and CEO of Ondas. “The proposed acquisition of Airobotics will provide strategic technology, regulatory, and business capabilities to both American Robotics and Ondas Networks, opening new geographies and end markets and further strengthening our ability to deliver complete end-to-end solutions for customers on a global scale.” “This…
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…vision, AI, motion control, and smart automation—as well as an expected 20,000 attendees—to the city’s Huntington Place center. Registration for Automate 2022 and Automate LIVE is open. The Association for Advancing Automation describes itself as “the leading global advocate for the benefits of automating.” The association's members include nearly 1,100 automation manufacturers, component suppliers, systems integrators, end users, academic institutions,…
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…recently purchased by Salt Lake City, Utah-based Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corp. Pedersen now works as chief operating officer there. Business has also taken a shift in the past few years, and the commercial sector is now outpacing defense, a market RE2 has worked with since its start, he said. “Defense is continuing to grow,” he said. “Commercial is just…
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Software-based GripperAI manages mixed picking through basic geometry
Safety, communication and motion control components enable smooth operation
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