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PickNik Robotics today announced the commercial availability of both its MoveIt Studio Developer Platform and MoveIt Studio SDK, or software development kit. The Boulder, Colo.-based company said the new software products help robotics and software engineers create, debug, and ship complex manipulation projects faster. “These premium offerings leverage cutting edge approaches that we have developed over seven years working with…
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NVIDIA highlighted today one of its NVIDIA Metropolis members, Seoul Robotics. The company is using NVIDIA's technology to retroactively add self-driving features to non-autonomous vehicles without the need for additional sensors onboard. The Seoul, South Korea-based company’s platform, dubbed LV5 CTRL TWR, collects 3D data from the environment using cameras and lidar. Computer vision and deep learning-based AI analyze the…
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The COVID-19 pandemic has propelled e-commerce to stratospheric heights, with sales skyrocketing over 30% in 2020 and close to 40% in 2021. Globally, online shopping jumped to nearly $30 trillion, led by Alibaba and Amazon. This shift in consumer behavior has accelerated the adoption of warehouse automation, as packaging systems are estimated to climb to $69 billion by 2025. At…
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Human workers have the experience and knowledge for complex tasks such as grinding and polishing, but robots can bring consistency and precision, freeing those workers for supervision and quality control. GrayMatter Robotics today said it has raised $20 million in Series A funding. The Los Angeles-based artificial intelligence and robotics startup plans to use the investment to expand its team…
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Manufacturers must contend with high turnover, as well as yield, traceability, manual inspection costs, and shrinking margin concerns. Conventional visual inspection is not only time-consuming and costly, but also prone to human error. Advantech Co. and Overview last month joined forces to offer an “end-to-end” artificial intelligence system for vision inspection. Founded by Tesla automation engineers, Overview develops platforms using…
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RightHand Robotics last week announced that Gartner, the global research and advisory firm, has recognized the company as a Representative Vendor in its 2022 “Market Guide for Intralogistics Smart Robotics.” RightHand Robotics was founded in 2015 by a DARPA challenge-winning team from the Harvard Biorobotics Lab, the Yale GRAB Lab, and MIT. The team said it was intent on bringing…
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A fundamental distinction with autonomous lift trucks often gets overlooked: Autonomous lift trucks typically need some level of human oversight and help. Even robotic lift trucks, designed to operate in full autonomous mode, have some type of performance monitoring and exception handling technology that features a human in a support role. Additionally, “dual-mode” trucks are capable of operating autonomously, but…
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Cobalt Robotics Inc. announced today that its robots now work seamlessly with elevators made by Farmington, Conn.-based company Otis. With access to Otis’ Integrated Dispatch API, Cobalt’s security robots can now communicate with the elevators locally or through the cloud. Otis said that its systems provide more flexibility and scalability than conventional hard-wired integrations. San Mateo, Calif-based Cobalt Robotics added…
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MESH Automation Inc. will be displaying a version of its MiniMAC Grind Deburring cell at the International Manufacturing Technology Show, or IMTS, next month. The show is held every year at McCormick Place in Chicago. This year’s show will run from Sept. 12 to 17. MESH Automation’s technology will be featured as part of ABB Robotics' booth, which will be…
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If you’re a business that handles pallets containing products, gadgets, etc., then you’ll know the importance of palletization and de-palletization. Now, while palletizing might seem easy, what about de-palletizing? While installing robots to do the job, they can be costly and energy-draining. The solution? Collaborative robots, or “cobots.” Cobots are meant to be more environmentally friendly, energy-efficient, and cheaper than…
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The presence of robots in the electronics industry is not new. What is new, however, is the rate at which manufacturers in this sector are deploying robotics and the applications in which they are using the technology. “We’re seeing accelerated adoption by manufacturers thanks to increased demand for semiconductor products, rising labor costs, and innovations that allow robotics to address…
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RISE Robotics, a zero-emission heavy machinery company, announced this week it has been awarded a $1.55 million contract to supply its RISE Technology-enabled Common Lifting device, or CLD, to the United States Air Force Life Cycle Management Center. Founded in 2011 by graduates of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Somerville, Mass.-based RISE Robotics…
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Hyundai Motor Group today announced the launch of Boston Dynamics AI Institute with the goal of making fundamental advances in artificial intelligence, robotics, and intelligent machines. The automaker and Boston Dynamics will make an initial investment of more than $400 million in the new institute, which will be led by Marc Raibert, founder of Boston Dynamics. As a research-first organization,…
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Mobile robot maker Geekplus Technology Co. announced this week that it has partnered with software developer and warehouse automation systems integrator Numina Group. It has begun offering Geek+’s robots as part of its goods-to-person systems. Chicago-based Numina Group said it decided to work with Geek+ to maximize picking productivity and profitability at one of its client’s growing sporting goods fulfillment…
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Lift truck operator training will always have constant elements. Even with virtual reality (VR) technology and digital meeting tools like Zoom or Teams, hands-on instruction remains a required element of any operator training program. Some on-the-truck instruction is a must, but above that, plenty of change exists in how training is presented and evolving. Four evolutions are: more use of…
GENISOM AI makes ICRA debut at conference in Vienna
World's first omni-modal evaluation including tactile sensing for…
Ultrasonic sensing enhances robotics perception
North America’s largest automation and robotics event takes place June 22-25
