Autodiscovery, a Germany-UK-based company that specializes in the development of various robotic offerings, has announced its human-like HAND16 for dexterous manipulation in humanoid robots. The company is currently working with select customers to optimize the final touches of the HAND16. A public release is planned for the end of Q1 2025. HAND16 humanoid hand details HAND16 was developed by Autodiscover’s Oxfordshire, UK-based team. It comes equipped with: All 14 motors driving the fingers are integrated into the hand, making it compact and lightweight. The two wrist motors are external to the hand. Wide range of communication options: Wifi, TTL, RS485,…
Material handling systems provider FlexLink, a Coesia company, recently launched the RC12, its third-generation collaborative palletizer. Designed to enhance efficiency and safety in end-of-line operations, FlexLink said the RC12 robot arm system can provide a streamlined, flexible palletizing system for demanding manufacturing environments requiring no robotics programming skills to operate. Building on over a decade of experience in collaborative palletizing, FlexLink has developed its newest generation of RC12 to meet the growing demand for smarter and safer palletizing systems. The cobot can help optimize manufacturing processes by combining automation technology with ease of use and a space-saving design. “With the…
US-based manufacturer of CNC machines and industrial robotics Tormach is stepping up to equip the next generation of skilled manufacturing professionals by investing heavily in Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs. Tormach is addressing a projected critical gap of skilled manufacturers needed in the near future through its development of a comprehensive CNC metal milling curriculum, and the introduction of a new 4th axis for its xsTECH Tabletop CNC Router to empower students with essential hands-on skills to help fuel the future of U.S. manufacturing. Building a CNC curriculum for the future Recognizing the importance of how interactive, practical learning…
Warehouse automation systems provider Locus Robotics recently announced that its customer GEODIS, a global logistics provider, has surpassed 10 million units picked using Locus’s warehouse automation system at its Carlisle, Pa., distribution center. Locus said this milestone further demonstrates the transformative impact of its person-to-goods picking automation technology - comprising autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and AI-enabled software - on productivity, operational efficiency, and flexibility at an unprecedented scale. “As a trusted collaborator for more than six years, GEODIS is setting new standards for speed and efficiency within its facilities,” said Rick Faulk, Locus Robotics CEO. “The Locus solution has helped…
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) and intralogistics group Mecalux announced a five-year collaborative project to expedite the integration of self-learning artificial intelligence (AI) in logistics. Through MIT’s Intelligent Logistics Systems Lab, the two institutions will explore new applications of AI models with significant potential for businesses and society. Autonomous warehouse robots and self-learning AI research at MIT In the project’s first year, teams at the Intelligent Logistics Systems Lab and Mecalux will develop two key research areas to accelerate innovation. The first will focus on increasing the productivity of autonomous warehouse robots. Using…
Teleo, a company building autonomous technology for heavy equipment, announced it has raised $16.2 million in Series A extension funds in addition to its previously announced Series A funding round. The company will primarily use the funds to scale customer deployments and continue its expansion in new industries that use heavy machinery, such as wheel loaders, terminal tractors, excavators and more. Teleo will also use the funds to enhance its AI capabilities, including advancing autonomous features; integrating large language models (LLMs) to unlock operator efficiency further; and collecting real-world data to continue training AI models. Since its inception in 2019,…
Universal Robots, the Danish collaborative robot (cobot) company, has unveiled its UR AI Accelerator, which the company says is a ready-to-use hardware and software toolkit created to further enable the development of AI-powered cobot applications. Designed for commercial and research applications, the UR AI Accelerator provides developers with an extensible platform to build applications, accelerate research and reduce the time to market of AI products. AI Accelerator powered by NVIDIA Isaac The toolkit brings AI acceleration to Universal Robots' PolyScope X software program and is powered by NVIDIA Isaac accelerated libraries and AI models, running on the NVIDIA Jetson AGX…
ProGlove, a global developer of wearable scanner offerings to increase human-centered productivity, recently launched a new, on-demand rental program for its MARK wearable scanner. This program offers short-term rentals of ProGlove's MARK range of smart scanners. The goal is to give logistics and warehouse operators the flexibility to scale operations to meet demand during peak periods without the long-term financial commitment that comes with traditional expansion methods. MARK looks to increase human scanning in busy warehouses Warehouses are facing mounting pressure to adapt to fluctuating demands and supply chain disruptions, especially with the holiday season. Companies often cannot predict demand…
NVIDIA announced at AWS re:Invent that Isaac Sim now runs on Amazon Elastic Cloud Computing (EC2) G6e instances accelerated by NVIDIA L40S GPUs. And with the NVIDIA OSMO cloud-native orchestration platform, developers can manage their complex robotics workflows across their AWS computing infrastructure. Smoother development options through EC2 Field AI is building robot brains that enable robots to autonomously manage a wide range of industrial processes. Vention creates pre-trained skills to ease the development of robotic tasks. And Cobot offers Proxie, its AI-powered cobot, designed to handle material movement and adapt to dynamic environments, working seamlessly alongside humans. These robotics…
Once dispersed in labs across campus, Stanford University’s robotics researchers now have a unified, state-of-the-art space for groundbreaking research, education and collaboration. The basement beneath the Packard Electrical Engineering Building, once a hallway with researchers working behind closed doors, is now a bustling hub for collaboration. After many years of planning, fundraising and development, the all-new Stanford Robotics Center officially opened its doors with a reception in November 2024. New Center harmonizes decades of robotics research The new facility is a bright, open, and vibrant space with many research bays arranged side-by-side. In one corner, a dancer pirouettes as her…
