Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.08
…2023 (Oct. 4 and 5 in Memphis, Tenn.), the International Robot Safety Conference 2023 (Oct. 9 and 11 in Pittsburgh), the AI & Smart Automation Conference 2023 (Oct. 10 and 11, 2023, Pittsburgh), and the A3 Business Forum (Jan. 15 to 17, 2024, in Orlando, Fla.). Editor's note: For more about Automate 2023, visit Robotics 24/7's special coverage page.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.70
…passenger vehicles, light commercial vehicles, and heavy-duty trucks. The Pittsburgh-based startup has partnered with companies including Toyota (with which it unveiled an autonomous ride-hailing vehicle), Uber, and Volvo. Aurora is testing its vehicles in the San Francisco Bay Area, Pittsburgh, and Northern Texas. It has agreed to merge with Reinvent Technology Partners Y, a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) and will be valued at $1 billion. “This new commercial pilot collaboration demonstrates the excellent progress that PACCAR and Aurora are making in our strategic alliance,” added Rich. FedEx loads autonomously hit the road Starting today, PACCAR’s trucks configured with the Aurora…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.07
…the potential for autonomous vehicle delivery services at scale.” Pittsburgh-based Argo AI said its cloud-based infrastructure is designed to work seamlessly and efficiently with partners’ business operations. The company's infrastructure will integrate with Walmart’s online ordering platform to route orders and schedule package deliveries to customers’ homes. The commercial service will be available to Walmart customers within defined service areas of the three markets and will expand over time, said the partners. Initial integration will begin later this year, they said. Argo AI continues collaborations Argo AI said it is developing self-driving technology in partnership with automakers including Ford and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.91
…its Benelux e-commerce fulfillment center in the Netherlands. We’re also opening a state-of-the-art headquarters and Showcase Innovation Center in Pittsburgh, where we’ll showcase our solutions and research. Q: Will robots ever take over the workplace? A: Not now and not in the foreseeable future. However, robots are playing an increasingly indispensable role in the supply chain to keep companies competitive, growing, and hiring. Robots can help increase productivity in distribution and fulfillment centers by automating mundane, repetitive tasks, freeing up human workers to focus on more advanced tasks.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.72
…culture has been strengthened based on these valuable contributions.” Pittsburgh-based RE2 Robotics provides the RE2 Sapien family of robotic arms, RE2 Detect computer vision software, and RE2 Intellect autonomy software to enable mobile manipulation systems that operate in a variety of complex indoor and outdoor environments. The company said its systems help the aviation, construction, defense, energy, and healthcare industries to enable remote operations, improve worker safety and efficiency, and reduce operational costs. RE2 touts 2021 successes In 2021, RE2 said it achieved numerous significant technical and operational successes. Highlights included the following: Celebrated its 20th anniversary, establishing RE2 as…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.20
…students to programs that subject-matter experts have vetted. The Pittsburgh-based institute developed its endorsement program with its national member consortium, giving equal voice to the need of manufacturers, education providers, and government stakeholders. The ARM Institute said the criteria it used to evaluate programs align with its robotics career pathways and competencies. It said it evaluated both organizations and their programs based upon the following benchmarks: Relevance to the industry Effective curriculum Efficiency of the training Impact of the program Program sustainability Transportability The newly endorsed programs are: Lorain County Community College’s Automation Engineering Technologies Systems Specialist program in Elyria,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.17
PITTSBURGH—For the past several months, CapSen Robotics has been gearing up for Automate, the Association for Advancing Automation's robotics trade show in Detroit. The Pittsburgh-based startup develops software for robot arms and has partnered with DENSO and Calvary Robotics to showcase its CapSen PiC System, which was designed to help customers program their robots to complete bin-picking tasks. “We do software for adding intelligence to robot arms,” Jared Glover, CapSen Robotics CEO and co-founder, told Robotics 24/7 during a recent visit to its headquarters. “We provide all the 3D vision software and the motion planning and control software to get…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.85
PITTSBURGH—Spun out of Carnegie Robotics as part of an agreement with Nilfisk in 2020, Thoro.ai has spent the past three years forming new relationships and upgrading its services and technology for mobile robots. Earlier this year, it announced that it worked with Big Joe Forklifts to develop the Big Joe Pallet Mover. This summer, Robotics 24/7 visited Thoro.ai's headquarters in Pittsburgh, which is across the railroad tracks from Carnegie Robotics, to check out what the company has been working on. “Our real focus as a company has been on taking some world-class technology and using it to apply to indoor…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.49
…you, we were happy to visit Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Pittsburgh, and more as we gathered the news to share. We're also grateful to the many engineers, operators, and executives who took the time to speak with us! Interestingly, our top 10 articles of 2022 include overviews of major robotics conferences and trade shows. In addition to manufacturing, logistics, and warehousing, they included emerging markets such as agriculture and last-mile delivery. We tracked about $28 billion in transactions among robotics companies this past year, as the International Federation of Robotics and the Association for Advancing Automation noted record deployments and sales,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.25
…can improve productivity and safety in indoor work. The Pittsburgh-based startup said it uses UWB technology to achieve GPS-like capabilities indoors at a low cost with two products. ARINAlert is a collision-avoidance system intended to improve worker situational awareness and reduce forklift accidents. ARINTrack is an indoor positioning system (IPS) that allows customers to track and find company assets in any type of facility. ARIN said its proprietary systems can mitigate risk and optimize processes for clients by improving visibility. It added that it has partnered with some of the largest companies in the U.S. to deliver these systems to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.21
…will be used to inspect ships across the country Pittsburgh-based Gecko will perform the work across various locations, using robots to inspect ships for damage, gathering data for digital models of vessels and feeding Gecko’s AI-powered software platform. The data is leveraged to increase the speed of repair plans and maintenance cycles. The fully structured data sets will also allow the Navy to move towards a more predictive maintenance planning in the future. Gecko’s contract with Huntington Ingalls represents an expansion of its work with the Navy that currently includes destroyers and amphibious assault ships at U.S. Navy regional maintenance…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.18
Federal money is flowing to the Pittsburgh area to help build a robotics and autonomy cluster. The Southwestern Pennsylvania New Economy Collaborative today announced the receipt of a $62.7 million federal Build Back Better Regional Challenge grant awarded by the U.S. Economic Development Administration, or EDA. The southwestern Pennsylvania region is one of only 21 applicants to receive this funding. It was among the 60 finalists involved in Phase 2 of the Build Back Better Challenge. Phase 1 of the challenge involved 529 submissions for funding to advance industry-development projects across the U.S. The collaborative board has met since autumn…