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…organizations such as MassRobotics, the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute, the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), and the Robot Operations Group (ROG) have been discussing robot interoperability in heterogeneous environments. However, Open Robotics has been taking an open-source approach for a few years already, said Gerkey. “Compared with companies in the robot operations, or RobOps software space, some of them are focused on ways to manage a single kind of fleet,” he said. “Other groups are looking to establish a standard. We're not really looking to dictate standards, which don't always work in the fast-moving world of robotics.” “We…
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…they were able to identify partners at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and other schools. “We later brought in more students from the Rochester Institute of Technology and the University of Waterloo in Toronto,” said Suvarna. “One unique aspect of our team is that it was entirely student-led. All the other teams had professors on site. I worked with Andrew Tresansky from MIT to manage people.” “We figured out how to manage the teams, technology, and business across locations during the pandemic,” she added. “We raised all our money by going directly to sponsors, not to the schools.” The team…
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…West Point with Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (India), Universidad de San Buenaventura (Colombia) Cavalier Autonomous Racing – University of Virginia EuroRacing – University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy), University of Pisa (Italy), ETH Zürich (Switzerland), Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland) KAIST – Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (South Korea) MIT-PITT-RW – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Pittsburgh, Rochester Institute of Technology, University of Waterloo (Canada) PoliMOVE – Politecnico di Milano (Italy), University of Alabama TUM Autonomous Motorsport – Technische Universität München (Germany) University IAC teams. Source: Indy Autonomous Challenge ADLINK…
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The Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute today announced that the U.S. Department of Labor is providing a grant to retrain people in the Tampa Bay, Fla., area who were unemployed or displaced during the COVID-19 pandemic. The “Connecting Talent to Careers Project” is intended to create a comprehensive national capability for talent identification and attraction for manufacturers nationwide. The ARM Institute is leading the project, which is receiving $2.997 million from the Labor Department’s National Dislocated Worker Grant and $650,000 in non-federal funds. “The COVID-19 pandemic hit manufacturers in an unexpected and unprecedented way in 2020 and 2021,” stated…
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…HARTING Technology Group. The German company is the logistics arm of HARTING, one of the world’s largest suppliers of products that enable industrial automation. To provide an answer, the logistics team started with that question and then worked backwards. How much storage capacity might be needed to support that level of sales? How many new items will be introduced each year? And how many line items, parcels and weight would have to move each day to achieve that level of sales? Harting finds partners HARTING worked with Körber AG, a global systems integrator, as well as the Institute for Materials…
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…is fourth and final article in the Southwest Research Institute's series on collaborative robots. In previous posts, we examined the benefits and limitations of cobots. Assuming you’ve decided that a cobot is indeed the right choice for your application, read on. Now let's look at how to pick the right cobot from the many options on the market. Factors to consider when cobot shopping As described in previous posts, cobots are not all the same in either performance or ease of use. Cobots can fill a wide range of roles, but the best cobot for teaching and educational purposes may…
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…A3, MassRobotics, and ROG, the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute is working on an interoperability project with Siemens, 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, and customers should push for adoption. Because it's lightweight, there's no fear if they decide to follow it.” At the A3…
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About six years ago, the CEO of Toyota Research Institute published a seminal paper about whether a Cambrian explosion was coming for robotics. The term “Cambrian explosion” refers to an important event approximately half a billion years ago in which there was a rapid expansion of different forms of life on earth. There are parallels with the field of robotics as modern technological advancements are fueling an analogous explosion in the diversification and applicability of robots. Today, we’re seeing this Cambrian explosion of robotics unfolding, and consequently, many distinct patterns are emerging. I’ll outline the top three trends that are…
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…Our first post explained that collaborative robots are robot arms designed to work near humans in industrial settings. They are also designed so that workers who are not robotics experts can more easily program them. Cobot safety standards Cobot safety standards are governed by ISO/TS 15066. This standard is very deliberate in differentiating between a robot and a robot system. In simple terms, a robot is the industrial arm and its controller. While the robot arm itself can move around in a workspace, there is no workpiece or gripper or auxiliary equipment. A cobot system may include the arm, controller,…
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…first in a series of articles, the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) shares insights from its “Innovations in Automation Blog” gained over many years of working with collaborative robots. Our goal is to help you navigate the cobot market and determine if this technology can help solve your problems. Cobots are not the right solution in all cases, but they do allow robots to work in situations where it was previously infeasible to use a robot. This opens new applications and advances the field of automation across the board. Introduction to collaborative robots Collaborative robots are fundamentally industrial robots designed to…
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In June, the Eastern Kentucky Advanced Manufacturing Institute, or eKAMI, opened a new Robotics Center to offer hands-on retraining with robot arms and mobile robots used in industry. The Paintsville, Ky.-based institute was founded in 2017 and is dedicated to addressing the skills gap in U.S. manufacturing. Among the technologies at the event was an Ohmni telepresence robot from OhmniLabs Inc. Demand for telepresence robots has grown during the COVID-19 pandemic, noted Thuc Vu, CEO of San Jose, Calif.-based OhmniLabs. “One area with a huge increase in demand was manufacturing,” he told Robotics 24/7. “Especially with restrictions on travel and…
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…competitiveness. In May, the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing, or ARM, Institute launched RoboticsCareer.org as an online resource to help address workforce challenges. The Pittsburgh-based ARM Institute is a public-private consortium backed by the U.S. Department of Defense with more than 300 members from academia, government, and industry. It seeks to help manufacturers through the adoption of robots and workforce development programs. RoboticsCareer.org identifies core competencies that employers are seeking, recognizes education and training programs, and helps connect job seekers with careers in robotics and manufacturing. It lists programs at more than 1,200 educational organizations across the U.S. and its territories.…