Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 21.45
…the benefits of automation. Most of the discussions around interoperability have been theoretical—until now. Yesterday at the FedEx DART research and development center here, Vecna Robotics, Waypoint Robotics, and WiBotic successfully demonstrated MassRobotics' new standard for communications. The demonstration was part of the Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) and Logistics Conference held by the Association for Advancing Automation (A3). While several organizations have recognized the need for interoperability among AMRs, yesterday's demonstration was the first time real-world systems used a common interface to report their locations. “This is the very first level of capability,” said Daniel Theobald, founder and chief innovation…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.14
…growing number of open-source contributions, such as support for interoperability standards and sample integration for ChatOps. Robotics designers can use the Developer Portal with the recently announced InOrbit Free Edition to immediately begin building rather than start from scratch, said Pestoni. “The portal goes hand in hand with our free platform,” he said. “Our mission is to be a catalyst for the adoption of robotics at a global scale. We see a lot of waste where people reinvent the wheel. It has the effect of slowing everyone down. We released the free edition to remove friction.” “Developers love to have…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 37.95
…sessions at the event will be a roundtable on interoperability for autonomous mobile robots. Many autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) entering warehouses and other environments are managed by vendor-provided software and connect with other enterprise systems. However, concerns about interoperability have arisen as fleets expand and different robots from multiple vendors need to collaborate with one another, as well as human workers. “We're very active in the AMR space, as well as logistics,” said Florian Pestoni, CEO of InOrbit, who will be among the panelists. “That space has been on fire with investments and acquisitions. In the past, companies said, 'This…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.83
…robotics hardware has its own programming language, intricacies and interoperability issues. The no-code approach essentially builds a smart layer that shields users from dealing with low-level language and deals with all sorts of snags in the backend. While it’s an approach that has proven to work, I personally believe that this is an intermediate solution that will become obsolete in the future. Even today, we’re shipping machines that are pre-programmed to work out of the box on factory assembly lines without any end user needing to program them. The AGI community believes in building machines that are capable of learning…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.62
…know there's a need to remove friction and allow interoperability, but they're not fully there yet.” “We’ve seen too many robotics companies waste precious time reinventing the wheel,” he stated. “With InOrbit Free Edition, we are helping companies address common robot operations problems without having to worry about entering a credit card. And unlike other limited time trials, Free Edition supports an unlimited number of robots for free – forever.” With bigger customers buying a more fully featured version of InOrbit's platform, what do Free Edition users get? InOrbit Free Edition enables access to the end-to-end platform infrastructure, including the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.50
…Open Robotics and NVIDIA are working to enable simulation interoperability between Open Robotics’s Ignition Gazebo and NVIDIA Isaac Sim on Omniverse. Isaac Sim already supports ROS 1 and 2 out of the box and features an ecosystem of 3D content with its connection to popular applications such as Blender and Unreal Engine 4. With the two simulators interoperable, ROS developers can easily move their robots and environments between Ignition Gazebo and Isaac Sim to run large-scale simulations, said NVIDIA. They can also take advantage of each simulator’s advanced features such as high-fidelity dynamics, accurate sensor models, and photorealistic rendering to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.02
…the product. We'd deploy it in the right place.” Interoperability and customer service As production and logistics environments start to use multiple types of robots from different vendors, interoperability and management have become concerns. Is GXO monitoring efforts by organizations such as the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), MassRobotics, and the Robot Operations Group (ROG)? “We are keeping abreast and have a dialogue with robotics vendors,” Sakharkar said. “Ultimately, orchestration is critical in two dimensions. We bring our expertise in contract logistics to connecting the dots and finding optimized orchestration for any given situation, based on customer needs.” “Second, in…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.21
…you or the service provider will need to monitor interoperability efforts. Source: Meili Robots 5. Functionality You'll eventually want to add new features and carry out updates for any software. Here, building your own FMS has a clear advantage over buying an existing one. Building and knowing your own strong, stable technological foundation allows you to expand it at any time. When buying an existing FMS, you will be highly dependent on the vendor in terms of new features and updates, as well as for responding to possible system failures and downtime. 6. Scalability When building your own FMS, the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.29
Just as several organizations are addressing interoperability among autonomous mobile robots in warehouses, so too is management of both drones and ground robots of interest to the U.S. Department of Defense. Today, Sarcos Defense and BAE Systems PLC announced that they are jointly developing advanced perception and sensing capabilities for autonomous platforms for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL. “We look forward to seeing the results of this research project and the potential impact it may have on our U.S. defense operations,” said Dr. Peter Zulch at AFRL. “Better perception and improving sensing lags are critical challenges, particularly…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.83
…company and some of its customers are watching various interoperability efforts. “Our system is fairly open,” said Charles. “With REST APIs [application programming interfaces], you can get fleet and position information from the robots, whch is what you need for systems from different vendors to work together. A lot of software providers are looking at providing another layer.” Top modules from partners such as ROEQ for the MiR600 and 1350 offer flexibility “out of the box” without requiring extensive customization for different tasks or workflows, said MiR. These top modules enable the AMRs to pick up and drop off pallets…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.78
…$6.4 billion raised in June 2021. With fleet management, interoperability, training via simulation, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence growing in importance to robotics, it should come as little surprise that software firms participated in $754 million worth of transactions last month. That was more than double of the previous month. The global market for robot software will grow from $4.27 billion in 2020 to $47.24 billion by 2030, registering a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 27.3%, according to Allied Market Research. Research and Markets predicted that the market will grow at a CAGR of 45.5% from 2021 to 2026, thanks…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.66
…to communicate with one another and enterprise systems for interoperability and efficiency. Organizations are addressing the issue, and a software ecosystem is growing to meet this need. Global shipping company DHL, for instance, has collaborated with Microsoft and AI-driven fulfillment provider Blue Yonder to integrate warehouse robots. DHL's initial implementation of the system was in a Madrid warehouse, where the company said it saved integration time by 60%. What’s driving the rapid of adoption of automation? Companies have cited different reasons for implementing robotics and automation in their warehouses. The following are the most common ones: Economics: Robotics can reduce…