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RE2 Robotics Inc., a leading developer of mobile manipulation systems, today looked back at its accomplishments of the past year and shared its outlook for the year ahead. “Despite the challenges of the continuing pandemic, I am incredibly proud of our team’s dedication and the progress we made this year across all areas of our organization,” stated Jorgen Pedersen, president…
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At the international Consumer Electronics Show today, Ottonomy Inc. showed its Ottobots, delivery robots for both indoor and outdoor environments. The Santa Monica, Calif.-based company has been developing the autonomous mobile robots for the restaurant and retail industries. “We are excited to unveil Ottobots at our first CES,” said Ritukar Vijay, CEO of Ottonomy. “The pandemic has provided Ottobots a…
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The demand for commercial service robots is growing as a result of aging populations, labor shortages, and the desire for social distancing and contactless retail. Blue Ocean Robotics ApS today announced that it has received DKK 335 million ($50.94 million U.S.) from A.P. Møller Holding, the investment arm of international logistics company A.P. Møller-Maersk. Blue Ocean Robotics, which described itself…
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Ambarella Inc. today announced during CES its CV3 domain controller family of artificial intelligence processors. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based AI silicon company said it enables centralized, single-chip processing for multi-sensor perception, as well as “deep fusion” for multiple sensor modalities and autonomous vehicle path planning. “With our new CV3 AI domain controller family, we are now capable of running the…
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Farmers are grappling with increasing demand for food, labor challenges, and tight profit margins. Both agricultural robotics startups and established equipment suppliers are offering help with a new generation of autonomous systems. At CES 2022, John Deere today announced a fully autonomous tractor that it said is ready for large-scale production. Deere said the machine combines its 8R tractor, TruSet-enabled…
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Factories and fulfillment centers are huge, complex, and constantly changing. Whenever a new vehicle rolls off an assembly line or an e-commerce order arrives within hours, robots and artificial intelligence can enable greater efficiency. NVIDIA Corp. today introduced its Isaac AMR platform, which extends the company's toolkit for building and deploying robotics applications, bringing mapping, site analytics, and fleet optimization…
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While automakers are already heavy users of robotics, they need new systems to stay competitive. Huayu Automotive Systems Co., which does business as HASCO, and ABB Group today announced that they have created a joint venture building on their existing relationship “to drive the next generation of smart manufacturing.” The companies said the joint venture will lead to the development…
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As part of their efforts to stay in front of the autonomous vehicle and artificial intelligence races, respectively, TuSimple Holdings Inc. and NVIDIA Corp. have expanded their partnership. TuSimple today said it has worked with NVIDIA to design and develop an advanced autonomous domain controller for its autonomous trucking systems. The autonomous domain controller (ADC) will incorporate the NVIDIA DRIVE…
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Fleet management software continues to evolve, enabling not only better and more efficient operations of the robots themselves, but also the interoperability of robots from different manufacturers. It can also be integrated with enterprise resource planning, warehouse management systems, and other software, though much of this integration is still at an early stage. “The main differentiator for MiR is the…
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Energy Systems Network, the organizer of the Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC), last week announced that the Technology Innovation Institute will serve as a premier sponsor of the Autonomous Challenge @ CES. It has also selected Halo powered by T-Mobile 5G as the official pace car. The IAC said it will make history at the Consumer Electronics Show with the first…
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Robotics and artificial intelligence continued to converge in 2021, with the emerging hardware and software stack expanding the capabilities of mobile robots, drones, robotic manipulation, and autonomous vehicles. What will the new year bring? Murali Gopalakrishna, head of product management and autonomous machines, as well as general manager for robotics at NVIDIA Corp., has some ideas. Gopalakrishna leads the business…
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Although some exhibitors have moved online, announcements around autonomous vehicles, robots, and drones are still coming around the international Consumer Electronics Show, or CES 2022. Udelv today unveiled the Transporter, its cab-less, self-driving, electric vehicle for multi-stop deliveries. The system is driven by Mobileye's technology. “This is a historic day for the transportation and logistics industries,” said Daniel Laury, co-founder…
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The need for order-fulfillment automation is rising exponentially each year. The COVID-19 pandemic has just added urgency to this trend. Customers expect ultra-fast deliveries, while e-commerce retailers struggle with a serious lack of workforce and increasing labor costs. Machine vision, artificial intelligence, and mobile robots are among the technologies helping warehouses, “dark stores,” and distribution centers consolidate orders and quickly,…
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The term “material handling” refers to the controlling, moving, and protecting of products and materials from production to distribution. In some cases, in-between processes such as transportation and storage are included as well. Material handling equipment includes a wide range of automation technologies, with conveyor systems and mobile robots being some of the most common ones. As materials handling involves…
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