Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.59
…Caterpillar Venture Capital Inc., Delta Air Lines, GE Ventures, Microsoft, and Schlumberger. The Guardian S is designed to navigate unstructured and unpredictable environments. Its man-portable design, slim form factor, and IP65 water-protected structure are optimal for inspecting narrow piping and tanks, traversing vertical ferromagnetic surfaces, stairs, culverts, and other unstructured terrain and confined spaces, said Sarcos. The robot can give operators a detailed view of its environment while enabling workers to avoid entering hazardous or confined spaces and maintain a safe distance. The Guardian S robot is able to deliver extended run times and long-range wireless operations, added Sarcos. The…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.55
…Innovative software and component providers like Brightpick, inOrbit, and Microsoft are also slated to participate. The panels will examine a range of topics and use cases: Order fulfillment Goods-to-person systems and robot operations Piece picking Collaborative robots plus vision provide precision for more applications Palletizing and automated lift trucks AI and the human-machine interface More speakers will be announced soon! Register now for the Robotics Applications Conference The Robotics Applications Conference is free, and registration is now open for all sessions. The recordings will be available for registrants to view on demand after the initial broadcast. Visit Robotics 24/7 for…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.29
…experience from companies such as Amazon, Apple, Google, Dell, Microsoft, Uber, Cruise, and Zoox, as well as from Northern California agriculture operations such as Trattore Farms. Agtonomy platform widens workforce Farmers must make continuous improvements, weather labor shortages, and reduce field-to-table timelines, all while working with tight budgets and seasonal challenges, said Agtonomy. The company said its platform turns tractors and other equipment into autonomous machines providing a low-cost, technology-enabled labor force to remotely manage such equipment. By partnering with some of the most trusted names in agricultural OEM equipment, Agtonomy claimed that it will deliver immediate value and sustainability…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.23
…and manipulate objects, the company said. It is now used worldwide in thousands of robots, including projects by Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Fetch, Kinova, and Franka Emika. The MoveIt Studio 1.0 Developer Platform and SDK are software products that extend MoveIt to give robot technicians access to the advanced algorithmic capabilities with an accessible user interface, the company said.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.13
…Management Tools,” published August 2019, VMware, along with Citrix, Microsoft and IBM, showed up in the Leaders’ corner. “VMware shows strength in helping its customers bridge between legacy client management tools (CMTs) and UEM unified endpoint management (UEM) by building on previous common CMT functions such as patch management natively within the Workspace ONE offering,” wrote Gartner. It also singled out “VMware’s 2018 launch of the Workspace ONE AirLift offering” as an innovation in the space. SaaS vs. Virtualization Software-as-a-service (SaaS) describes software that does not need to be installed on a local PC or workstation to run. It tends…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.93
…its telepresence robots work with the Webex, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams videoconferencing platforms. “Ava Telepresence Robots enable the hybrid workplace across industries, offering interoperability and easy integration into existing IT frameworks,” said the company. Ava Robotics provide safety and data, says Ava Applying robotics technology within a physical workplace can improve productivity and experience, while also maximizing staff and facility resources, said Ava Robotics. Robots can serve as data aggregators; disinfect designated spaces; and report on environmental conditions such as air quality, temperature, and humidity. The company added that its mobile, autonomous, and hands-free workplace robots can be safely customized…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.85
…worldwide in hundreds of robots, including projects by Google, Microsoft, Fetch Robotics, Kinova, and Franka Emika. For example, robotic arms are used in space missions to repair satellites and augment astronauts inside space stations. They will also be needed to build the future Moon base. The challenge is that fully autonomous robotic arms are not yet possible, nor does mission control want them to be. Most applications of robotic arms outside of factories still require a human in the loop to provide remote high-level commands, monitoring, and support for when the robot gets stuck, said the company. PickNik said MoveIt…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.58
…JD.com, Komatsu, and Meituan. “We are extending the powerful Microsoft Azure platform to the intelligent edge,” said Roanne Sones, corporate vice president for Microsoft Azure Edge + Platforms. “Combining Azure’s advanced capabilities with performance and software development tools such as NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin helps give developers a seamless experience to easily build, deploy, and operate production-ready AI applications.” Jahmy Hindman, chief technology officer at John Deere, noted: “With the global population expected to reach nearly 10 billion people by 2050, farmers have a steep challenge of feeding the world, and they can’t do it alone. Our fully autonomous tractor,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.39
…the Guardian XT. The company is backed by investors including Caterpillar Venture Capital Inc., Delta Air Lines, GE Ventures, Microsoft, and Schlumberger. In April, Sarcos announced that it will become publicly listed through a merger transaction with Rotor Acquisition Corp., a publicly-traded special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC). The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2021, at which point the combined company’s common stock is expected to trade on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “STRC.”
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.32
…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 Neom in December 2021. Neom is a smart city or “cognitive region project” being built in Saudi Arabia. The joint venture plans to integrate the VoloCity air taxi and the VoloDrone into Neom's sustainable and connected mobility systems. It will also design and operate the region's all-electric public flight routes for the first seven years after launch. “At Neom, we strongly believe in…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.29
…to allow their solutions to run simulations on the Microsoft Azure Big Compute platform. The Fortissimo Project At the end of 2019, the European Commission wrapped up its Fortissimo Project, which was launched to encourage the use of advanced modeling and simulation by providing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) access to cloud-based HPC resources. The experiments conducted in the early phases of the project resulted in 79 success stories and case studies that demonstrated how the use of cloud-based HPC could improve the value chain. The project was primarily targeted at cloud-based simulation, a number of additive manufacturing use cases…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.24
…facility’s operation. From there, the manager can start a Microsoft Teams meeting with colleagues at a manufacturing “cell”—which puts key people, machines, and supplies in one strategic location—inside the virtual factory. The team can then examine a robotic arm experiencing low cycle-time issues, access machine performance data, identify specific cycle-time problems, and view a live video stream with accompanying sensor data. “This showcase at Hannover Messe is only the beginning, as more industries embrace and implement the industrial metaverse,” said NVIDIA. More information about its partnership with Siemens is available online. About the author Rev Lebaredian is vice president of…