Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.40
…Advanced Technology Group in December 2020. In July, the Pittsburgh-based company announced its plan to merge with special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Reinvent Technology Partners Y for $1 billion and be publicly traded. It released a beta version of its Aurora Driver autonomy platform in October. San Francisco-based Uber Freight said it is a logistics broker “that connects shippers with one of the world's largest digitally-enabled carrier networks.” It is a unit of Uber Technologies Inc., which has operations in more than 900 metropolitan areas worldwide. Aurora begins operations with safety drivers in Texas “Last week, Aurora-powered trucks with vehicle operators…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.37
…Agility Robotics. The company, which has dual headquarters in Pittsburgh and Corvallis, Ore., claimed that its new factory will ultimately employ more than 500 people in addition to employees at its other locations. Digit also will work in the new factory in a similar capacity to Agility's customer sites, moving, loading, and unloading totes. Customers participating in the Agility Partner Program (APP) can now expect delivery of the first Digits in 2024, said the company. Agility Robotics said it expects its robot to be generally available on the market in 2025. COO leads scaling of humanoid manufacturing Aindrea Campbell, chief…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.37
…robots continue to be a hit with investors. The Pittsburgh-based company announced today that it has received $73 million in Series C funding. That brings its total valuation to $533 million. XN, a New York-based investment firm, led the company's funding round. Other participants included Founders Fund, XYZ, Drive Capital, and Snowpoint Ventures. Individual investors included Joe Lonsdale, Mark Cuban, and Gokul Rajaram. America's infrastructure in disrepair Gecko Robotics said its systems can capture data at previously unheard-of scale and fidelity, climbing pipelines, boilers, tanks, ship hulls, and other structures in search of damage. The company's software, in turn, enables…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.35
…reduce safety risks, offer more data Based out of Pittsburgh, Gecko Robotics said its robots are designed for “non-destructive inspections” and can climb tanks, boilers, pipes, and more, according to the company’s website. Gecko’s team will inspect circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boilers and bubbling fluidized bed (BFB) boilers using what it calls Rapid Ultrasonic Gridding, which pinpoints corrosion and wall loss. Using this integrity data, Sumitomo SHI FW can help asset owners adjust operations and offer maintenance and service recommendations. “Together, we are bringing the best of both worlds to CFB boiler operators across the globe - unparalleled boiler operations…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.34
…advantage of self-driving technology at scale,” he added. The Pittsburgh-based company said it “created its product ecosystem by using its years of experience developing, testing, and operating self-driving technology on multiple vehicle types.” With data from eight cities around the world, including Austin, Texas; Detroit; Hamburg Germany; Miami; Munich, Germany; Pal Alto, Calif.; Pittsburgh; and Washington D.C., Argo AI said it has a lot of data to work with. It has partnered with Lyft to offer ride-hailing services and with Walmart and Ford for autonomous deliveries of goods. “We know from our integrations with several businesses that customers want more…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.20
IAM Robotics, a Pittsburgh startup that develops and sells autonomous material handling robots, announced today that it has been allowed a key patent that will be issued on October 10, 2017 as U.S. Patent No. 9,785,911. The patent specifies a system and method for piece-picking or put-away with a mobile manipulation robot. The patent focuses on the underlying system and methods for the Swift Solution Suite, which powers IAM Robotics’ world’s-first mobile picking robot. This technology enables their robots to autonomously navigate human-friendly environments, identify the location of objects, and pick individual items or bins. It has already been deployed…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.18
…load and unload carts with no human intervention. The Pittsburgh-based company said this will enable its autonomous mobile robots, or AMRs, to fulfill more applications for more customers and foster AMR interoperability. “Expectations and supply chain pressures continue to become more demanding and complex, requiring more integrated material handling solutions,” said David Griffin, chief sales officer of Seegrid. “Seegrid’s line of Palion AMRs is always evolving to support increasing needs throughout and across facilities,” he added. “Not only does this automation mean improved safety, reliability, and throughput, but through coordinated movements between Seegrid Palion AMRs, the business case for our…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.18
…but it hasn’t set a firm date yet. The Pittsburgh-based organization said survey takers’ information will be kept anonymous. Their answers will become part of a public report the ARM Institute will use to “inform future investments in AI for robotic manufacturing systems.” The ARM Institute was created in 2017 after Carnegie Mellon University won a bid to start an institution focusing on workforce development and the use of robotics to boost U.S. competitiveness, according to its website. It is funded by the U.S. Department of Defense. “We exist to strengthen U.S. manufacturing through innovations in advanced manufacturing technology, particularly…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.06
…toughness for a wide range of applications. University of Pittsburgh with Ansys: “A Computational Tool for Simulating the Sintering Behavior in Binder Jet Additive Manufacturing.” This project aims to develop a computational tool for simulating the deformation and porosity resulting from the sintering of binder jet 3D printed parts made of 316L stainless steel powders. Villanova University: “Wetting of Binder Solution on Porous Bed of Microparticles.” This project will investigate how to best wet porous particles with binder and generate guidelines or parameters for this form of 3D printing. Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.06
…Global 100. Plus One has offices in Boulder, Colo.; Pittsburgh; and the Netherlands. The company's PickOne system for parcel induction and depalletization use 3D sensors and AI-powered software with optimized robot grippers to pick and place disparate parcels within sortation or distribution centers. Plus One Robotics claimed that its human-in-the-loop (HITL) approach with Yonder is unique. Remote or on-premises employees can supervise multiple robots from any location, speeding its ability to handle exceptions and facilitating machine learning that keeps downtime to a minimum. This enables 24/7 fulfillment, said the company. Robot arms catch up to mobile platforms “Robot arms are…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.99
…services can automate material flow in complex environments. The Pittsburgh-based company added that its systems have driven more than 5 million production miles without any personnel safety incidents. From project design through deployment, change management, user training, and data-driven consultation, Seegrid it provides safe and optimized automation for the world's largest manufacturing, warehousing, and logistics companies. Seegrid has strong year Interact Analysis’ recognition comes during a year of continued technology development for Seegrid. The company expanded its product portfolio with the launch of its first Palion lift truck, further extending the end-to-end capabilities of the company’s fleet of mobile robots.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.98
…an interesting and sometimes difficult aspect of driving in Pittsburgh,” Dolan said. Autonomous vehicles have been heralded as a potential solution to the last-mile challenges of delivery and transportation. But for an AV or robot to deliver a pizza, package or person to their destination, they have to be able to navigate tight spaces and unknown driver intentions. The team developed a method to model different levels of driver cooperativeness — how likely a driver was to pull over to let the other driver pass — and used those models to train an algorithm that could assist an autonomous vehicle…