Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.95
…robots in commercial public spaces for applications including floor cleaning and taking inventory. Robotics 24/7 spoke with Spruijt about his management experience, scaling Brain Corp for existing and emerging markets, and how to build a strong internal team. You were previously vice president and general manager for Europe and senior vice president of international business at Brain Corp. How does that and your other experience help you in your new role? Spruijt: Before Brain Corp, I spent 20 years at Ergotron, a Minneapolis-based manufacturer of monitor-mounting solutions. I went up through the ranks to become general manager of EMEA [Europe,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.26
…the PUDA A1 compound delivery robot, the PUDU CC1 cleaning robot, the Swiftbot delivery robot, the FlashBot building delivery robot, the Kettybot delivery and reception robot, the Puductor 2 disinfection robot, and the BellaBot premium delivery robot. Pudu layoffs part of staff Pudu Robotics is among a handful of robotics companies that have announced layoffs over the past few weeks. The company’s CEO attributed the layoffs to the impact of the COVID-19, as well as failing private equity investments, and the company’s long road to profitability, according to the South China Morning Post. Last year, Pudu raised close to $155…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.77
…really about activating OEM partners through our technology for cleaning, moving, and sensing. BrainOS is used in a variety of mobile robot applications. Are there any new areas that you think are promising, such as restaurants? Pinn: There's an enormous opportunity in retail automation—brick-and-mortar stores are under pressure from online and new trends to omnichannel and home delivery. Retailers can differentiate themselves with automation, and we can help with that transformation by adding value to the retail space. For the forseeable future, that's where we're focused. Our technology is applicable to environments like restaurants, but the question for us, given…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.62
…protects it from peroxide, chlorine, alcohol and other aggressive cleaning agents, the company said. Fitted with stainless steel screws and covers, Racer-5 SE can be easily cleaned and decontaminated as often as needed. This can help increase product quality and reduce the potential for human-related error or contamination, said Comau. It is also one of the fastest robots of its kind. And because the electrical and air connectors and fittings are located outside the production zone, the robot enjoys greater agility while minimizing the risk of damage. All this enables Racer-5 SE to ensure higher production quality, better performance, quicker…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.63
…a robot or multiple robots assist in collecting tools, cleaning, or simply performing value-added, non-essential tasks commonly required in a manufacturing environment. Robot learning: ARM is seeking the development of models and methods to enable a robot to learn a manufacturing task from a human or another robot. Feature and pose recognition and estimation: A project could develop robotic contextual awareness of a manufacturing task, component, process, and perhaps other activities within a facility to enable and anticipate the next process step and be capable of supporting it. Virtual commissioning of advanced robots: ARM cited a need to reduce the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.67
…train a 'robot guardian' who can take care of cleaning needs,” Sarawgi told Robotics 24/7. “Our mean time between interventions is weeks, and our drones can do thousands of flights without intervention.” Corvus says its drones, scanners, and software can automate inventory management and make it safer. Source: Corvus Robotics Corvus processes data for customers Corvus Robotics said it has designed its drones to address obstacles inherent to the warehouse environment. The technology has to work in dark spaces and scan small barcodes, which is why it includes advanced cameras and industrial-grade barcode scanners. The drones collect the data, which…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.60
…and cost savings using the cobot and motion control system. Previously, 80 percent of the plasma-cutting time was spent cleaning up the waste from the manual cuts. On a single large truck body contract over the subsequent three years, Levesque determined that the trimming process on that project alone would be more than 50 hours for every truck. Moving to a cobot application reduced that time to 12 hours per truck, ultimately saving 1,000 hours and realizing a significant cost savings on this project.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.42
…types and potential use cases, said Nielsen. They include cleaning robots, inventory scanning robots, and assistive-pick AMRs. It is inevitable customers will have AMRs from multiple vendors, with a resulting need for a layer of “interfleet management” software. Nielsen said that MIR isn’t developing this capability itself, adding that some of its customers are looking at using software from Amazon Web Services (AWS) called RoboRunner for this purpose. Other Automate exhibits of interest SVT Robotics had a sizeable booth at Automate. The vendor, which offers a software platform to speed and simplify integration of robotics solutions with host systems like…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.35
…than 70 countries. The company has commercialized systems for cleaning, warehouse, retail, and other applications. It is known for its Whiz indoor cleaning robot, but how did it come to partner with ASI? “Our focus is on creating value with automation in general,” Watkins told Robotics 24/7. “We're evolving to cooperative robotics because we're seeing real labor shortages across multiple industries. There's a need to automate single-unit tasks. We have business units in different regions, and all of these problems are global.” The most immediate opportunities for SBRA and ASI to combine their technologies are in logistics and landscaping, he…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.84
…real-time, actionable insights that match their needs.” “As autonomous cleaning robots from Kärcher are deployed in environments such as warehouses and airports with other types of robots, InOrbit can provide an integrated view for maximum efficiency,” he said. “We are thrilled to be part of InOrbit Connect and to be listed in the robot directory,” said Lucas Jagodnik, CEO of demolition robot maker Apelie Robotics. “As a startup in Argentina working on robotics solutions for specific local needs, we face many unique challenges. InOrbit Connect lets us offer our customers a complete solution for robot operations that’s on par with…
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…Robotic putwalls, 15%. Other processes included collaborative in-aisle picking, cleaning robots, and mobile goods-to-person systems. Asked their preferred commercial models for acquiring their robots, 46% indicated they planned to purchase an entire solution, including the hardware, software, maintenance, and support. An equal percentage planned to subscribe to a RaaS model (24%), in which the solution provider is responsible for all of the above or buy the robot but subscribe to a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model (22%) for software and support. Robots fleets already in action End users who have already implemented robotics in their operations were the last category of respondents.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.28
…is largely coming in drones and service robots for cleaning, Singh said. He said the reference design could be used in first-mile and last-mile delivery, UAM, and many other applications over the next 12 to 18 months. “This is just the beginning of the next wave of innovation in robotics,” he said. The RB5 AMR Reference Design for mobile robot developers. Source: Qualcomm Technologies Users and availability Qualcomm said it continues to collaborate with robotics leaders to drive innovation for 5G and edge AI. They include ADLINK, Akasha Imaging (an Alphabet company), Cyngn, ForwardX, FutureMind, Hyundai Robotics, inVia Robotics, LG…