Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.80
September 30, 2022
…humanoids Last week, Apptronik announced it was working with NASA to commercialize its humanoid robot, Apollo. The Austin, Texas-based company said it has already completed the first prototype of the robot and plans for “broader commercial availability” by 2023. “Unlike special-purpose robots that are only capable of a single, repetitive task, Apollo is designed as a general-purpose robot capable of doing a wide range of tasks in dynamic environments,” the company said in a statement. “Apollo will benefit workers in industries ranging from logistics, retail, hospitality, aerospace, and beyond.” Some other players making humanoids have also recently made announcements, including…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.77
April 05, 2023
…“Two of our cameras are in outer space—one for NASA, and one for Google Earth,” Gershman said. “Seven years ago, we entered into a proof-of-concept contract with the U.S. Air Force for a challenge. We're the only one who built a camera that met their needs.” “The Air Force used thermal imaging and computer vision at resolutions beyond what was commercially available,” he recalled. “They can be applied to pure autonomy, but in the near term, we're focusing on ADAS for our go-to-market perspective.” Now, Owl Autonomous Imaging is in discussions with nearly 80 companies, including trucking, ADAS, and self-driving…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.70
September 28, 2023
…systems company Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lander as part of NASA’s ongoing Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. Cloud Ground Control—CGC is a cloud-based system that allows pilots and mission planners to remotely command and control a swarm of uncrewed vehicles across air, land, and sea through a Web browser. By enabling real-time video feed, and telemetry, and easy access and management of captured data, Cloud Ground Control provides full remote visibility and situational awareness in search-and-rescue, emergency response, and disaster relief operations, said Advanced Navigation. Guiding visually impaired passengers—As part of the New South Wales (NSW) Small Business Innovation and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.66
April 26, 2017
…John Langford, CEO, Aurora Uber is also working with NASA, the FAA, and the National Air Traffic Control Association to work on a different approach to air traffic control. Flying Cars Building out the infrastructure is just one part of the puzzle. The other roadblock is perfecting an all-electric VTOL plane that is quiet enough that it could be used to bring people from the cities to the suburbs, or even across cities, in a short amount of time. Uber, for now, has decided not to build its own aircraft, but partner with other manufacturers who are designing planes to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.58
May 11, 2021
…than directly piloting,” he noted. “We've even run with NASA or the European Space Agency, managing terrestrial vehicles from space or vice versa.” “Connext 6.1 is available with an annual subscription or for free for evaluation, research, and academic use,” Barnett said. “Some of our customers in marine and mining applications have been working with beta versions. We definitely expect interest in oil and gas, and agriculture and construction have similar use cases.” “By providing support for mobility, scalability, and heterogeneity, Connext 6.1 allows for control by phone, cloud, or remote operations center,” he said. “By empowering operators and decision…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.41
October 11, 2021
…Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is managed by Caltech for NASA. LEO stands 2.5 ft. tall and is equipped with two legs that have three actuated joints, along with four propeller thrusters mounted at an angle at the robot's shoulders. When a person walks, they adjust the position and orientation of their legs to cause their center of mass to move forward while the body's balance is maintained. LEONARDO. Source: Caltech LEO walks in this way as well. The propellers ensure that the robot is upright as it walks, and the leg actuators change the position of the legs to move…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.22
May 23, 2021
…and civilian customers. Last year, Near Earth won a NASA contract to develop technology for industrial infrastructure inspection. The company provided its systems to the K-MAX TITAN, which Kaman Air Vehicles described as “the world's first heavy-lift, unmanned helicopter for the commercial market.” The U.S. Marine Corps planned to test the K-MAX TITAN this month. Understand the applications “Users don't care how you got the data. Nobody wants a point cloud for its own sake,” said Barry Rabkin, director of marketing at Near Earth Autonomy. “We realized that it's not about the drones or the autonomy but the customer value…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.84
April 04, 2022
…American Eagle Outfitters, and Parimal Kopardekar, director of the NASA Aeronautics Research Institute (NARI). They made a distinction between what it takes to introduce new technologies into homogenous and heterogenous systems. They cited the example of adding a new type of aircraft to the national airspace. That’s not a big deal if the new aircraft is a jet, because it will fly at the same speed as the other jets. But, what happens if you try to introduce slow-moving drones or blimps into the same airspace as the jets? Now, everyone has to adjust to whatever is the slowest moving…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.73
December 17, 2021
…of our team has been together, first starting at NASA and now at Nauticus for 15 to 20 years, and I am inspired by their relentless pursuit toward this dream. Their talent and efforts are second to none, and I could not be prouder of what we have and will accomplish.” Robots address ocean ecosystem and expenses Nauticus said it operates in the $2.5 trillion ocean economy, where it targets the rapidly expanding multibillion-dollar bluetech robotics, data, and services market. Existing approaches use large vessels that can have severe drawbacks. These include operating costs that can reach as high as…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.66
July 10, 2023
…industry naysayers. “I brought this to some folks at NASA, and everyone was saying, 'It’s not going to work,'” he recalled. “And then when you look at what’s behind the propeller design and the motor design, you realize that we cannot be living on an edge. We designed propellers for a very specific condition, which is air.” However, the innovator challenged the status quo of the aerospace community by asking, “'Can you design propellers and motors for water?' And it turns out that you can.” Diez deconstructed his lab’s research: “So if you look at the curve for air, and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.58
November 08, 2021
…robot to minimize hospital-related infections,” he said. “We're reaching out to a lot of commercial clients, as well as NASA and the European Space Agency.” “We're also looking at the nuclear decommissioning sector, where we identified some important use cases, such as the sorting and segregation of nuclear materials,” Hussein said. “All nuclear-powered countries have environmental challenges with waste. In the U.K., the Sellafield project, at $100 billion to $120 billion, is the biggest environmental project in Europe.”
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.40
April 09, 2018
…president of production management and a veteran of Boeing, NASA and Apple. “It sorts batches into individual orders and does so at speeds that are faster than human operators.” Why a putwall? Williams says that putwalls are areas that are very manual and labor intensive, and, that the Kindred solution is flexible and scalable. “It’s very easy to remove an existing putwall and drop in one of our cells. You can pilot it quickly to prove the solution and determine if there is an ROI.” Williams says that Kindred uses advanced artificial intelligence to teach the robot how to distinguish…
