Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.67
…the company will be showcasing its integrated offline CAM programming solution developed by Go2CAM. The company will be demoing the software with a Elite Robots CS66 cobot arm. The robot will be completing surface treatment tasks. Automatia 2023 will take place from June 27 to June 30 at Messe München. Elite Robots will be at Booth 311 in Hall B4. Elite Robots is a global automation solutions provider specializing in collaborative robots. With over 10,000 units deployed across more than 30 countries, the company said it has gained a growing reputation in the robotic industry thanks to the reliability, ease…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.70
…the famed F1 circuit. IAC teams were tasked with programming their AI drivers to pilot identical Dallara AV-21 racecars in the first IAC exhibition ever held on a road course and the first run outside the U.S. The IAC brought six autonomous racecars and five university teams to MIMO to compete in six sessions over three days, totaling more than 1,300 miles of testing. It reported that the cars consistently reached increasing speeds and ran progressively faster lap times. The autonomous driving software was programmed by students and researchers from some of the most advanced research centers in the world,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.47
…to deliver accuracy, repeatability, and to work in path programming mode rather than point-to-point. This challenge is solved with the xCognition AI-driven control system, Xaba argued. “Our xCognition AI-driven control system opens a new world of application opportunities for industrial robots and cobots,” said Massimiliano Moruzzi, CEO of Xaba. “It positions Xaba at the center of intelligent automation for sustainable manufacturing.” Xaba takes into account the physical world with neural network model Unlike analytical AI used for predictive modeling, industrial Artificial Intelligence (AI) focuses on the physical world. It can model and drive a vehicle, a complex machining center, and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.28
…power of Realtime’s RapidPlan to enable multi-robot coordination, collision-free programming, validation, testing and operations, according to Realtime Robotics. FANUC Deutschland GmbH, Booth B6.231, will host a demo cell which incorporates Realtime’s motion planning into a textile handling application from sewts GmbH. In the demo, sewts’ advanced image processing capabilities will be on display, highlighting how the technology can accurately identify the edges, contours, corners and other relevant features of a T-shirt. A robot, under the guidance of Realtime Robotics’ motion control technology, will use the insights from the image processing software to selectively pick up the T-shirt from specific points.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.50
…Cloud allows experts to simulate, refine, and deploy the programming from 12,000 km (7,460 mi.) away in Västerås, Sweden – enabling the world’s most remote robot, claimed ABB. The technology enables teams all over the world to collaborate in real time, the company said. This new way of remote programming enables new levels of flexibility and instant refinement, resulting in greater efficiency and resilience, and no loss of planting time, claimed ABB. With more than 25 years of offline programming experience, RobotStudio offers best-in-class digital technology, enabling 99% accuracy between simulation and reality, asserted the company. This allows users to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.69
…information to drive everyday decisions about robot positioning, history, programming, and task assignments. In many large facilities such as warehouses and distribution centers, AMRs are dispersed assets. Robot deployments can certainly help overall efficiency, but analyzing and sharing data about their status and operations may involve custom algorithms. Let’s look at some of these tools and explore just how they might be used. NVIDIA Isaac ROS takes robots to the edge In October 2022, NVIDIA Corp. released Isaac ROS Developer Preview (DP) 2, which uses the open-source Robot Operating System (ROS 2) to enhance robot capabilities with advanced cloud and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.56
Programming industrial robots can be tedious, time-consuming, and expensive. Xaba Inc., which has developed the xCognition controller for CNC machines and robotics using artificial intelligence, today announced a partnership with Rolleri Holding SpA. The companies plan to integrate xCognition with Rolleri Robotic collaborative robots for easier welding operations in manufacturing. “We developed xCognition to provide a synthetic brain for commercial industrial robots and cobots used in a range of applications, from consumer and PCB assembly to industrial manufacturing for the automotive and aerospace sectors,” said Massimiliano Moruzzi, CEO of Xaba, in a press release. “Our goal is to make it…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.20
…by either physically guiding it through a process (lead-through programming), or through ABB’s Wizard Easy Programming software, which is based on simple graphical blocks. At the Yaskawa booth, one of the displays was for its HC30PL collaborative palletizing robot, which boasts a payload of 30 kg (66 lb.), which allowing for end-of-arm tooling (EOAT) weight, means it can easily palletize cartons or cases in the 22-25 kg range, using wizard-like software to design pallet patterns and in effect configure, rather than program a solution, said Chris Caldwell, product manager with Yaskawa Motoman. While there are robotics applications with high variability…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.36
…April, the Shenzhen, China-based company said its AI-Aided SDK Programming Guide will enable software developers to easily create code through natural-language interactions with ChatGPT. Orbbec integrates with Isaac ROS Orbbec said it is also working on integrating its products into the NVIDIA Isaac ROS platform, a toolkit for AI-powered robots. Once completed, this integration will empower developers to build more capable robots using Orbbec's sensors, the company explained. Beyond the Femto Mega, Orbbec also offers industrial-grade RGB+Depth cameras to meet the stringent demands of industrial clients. These cameras deliver superior performance and reliability, making them ideal for a wide range…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.54
…if it has the correct safety functions and safety programming. It is not the robot arm itself that is collaborative, but rather the specific application or system it is being used for or in, Franklin argued. “This new edition of 10218, for one thing, has integrated the concept of collaborative robot safety throughout the whole document,” she said. “In the past, the guidance for collaborative safety was found in ISO technical specification 15066, and the contents of 15066 has been integrated into 10218 in the update.” Robot safety needed for new settings ASTM's Prather noted that much of the standards…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.70
…physics and lighting and ran in simulation without any pre-programming. NVIDIA Omniverse connects computer-aided design (CAD) software, APIs, and frameworks for generative AI running on Microsoft's Azure cloud using real-time factory data and 5G networking, enabling collaboration among multiple users around the world. “Everything is ray-traced. We do everything in CAD; no art is necessary,” Huang said. “It's one source of data across your company.” He mentioned that NVIDIA is working with WPP to build an advertising content engine using Omniverse (see video below). “Accelerated computing and generative AI—this form of computing is not like general-purpose computing,” said Huang. “It's…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.51
…and their lighter cobot cousins. Thanks to sensors and programming, some bigger robots will now slow down when a person approaches. Larger cobots are finding use in palletizing and surface finishing. “Our cobot has dual modes—collaborative and industrial,” said Michael Chung, national field engineering support group manager at Mitsubishi Electric Automation. While humanoid robots have made headlines lately, they were discussed but not seen at Automate. However, some of the biggest announcements of the week involved legged robots: Melonee Wise, founder of Fetch Robotics and a speaker, joined Agility Robotics, and startup Figure raised $70 million to join the race…