Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 23.61
February 06, 2023
…Women in Robotics (WiR), Silicon Valley Robotics (SVR), and Robot Operations Group (ROG) meetings at the Robot Space. “In order to remain competitive, we need more high school girls and undergrad women to choose career paths in computer science and engineering,” said Andra Keay, president of Women in Robotics and managing director of Silicon Valley Robotics. “The InOrbit Robot Space will be a great location for SVR and WiR events, helping attendees connect with successful women in robotics and get hands-on experience with the latest in robotics and robot operations.” A MiR100 AMR in operation at the Robot Space. Source:…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.18
October 21, 2022
…Pestoni, CEO of InOrbit and co-founder of the nonprofit Robot Operations Group. MassRobotics standard provides common frame of reference The MassRobotics standard enables mobile robots to share their location and capabilities with one another, but it does not require vendors to share proprietary maps, explained Theobald during the panel. “It allows a robot to share its operational status and information about location, speed, direction, etc.,” he said. “Pre-competitive collaboration is crucial to industry growth.” As part of the AMR and Logistics Conference put on by the Association for Advancing Automation (A3) in 2021, Prather hosted a demonstration of the standard…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 25.12
June 06, 2022
…TV,” said Pestoni, who is also co-founder of the Robot Operations Group (ROG). InOrbit offers free and paid editions of its scalable, cloud-based RobOps platform, making it accessible to everyone from early-stage startups to large enterprises. “In combination with InOrbit Connect, the InOrbit platform provides a single pane of glass for operating diverse and growing fleets while keeping each part of the ecosystem focused on what it does best,” said the company. Source: InOrbit Robot suppliers, users to benefit from RobOps data InOrbit Connect can help robotics suppliers and users manage RobOps data and interoperability among systems. “Through our work…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.25
April 03, 2022
…Meili Robots. He is also a member of the Robot Operations Group (ROG). Even though 2021 already brought a lot of attention to the diversification of robot fleets and the lack of interoperability, it remains a major challenge that organizations such as ROG and MassRobotics are beginning to address. 4. Cobots, delivery robots, and multi-purpose systems multiply As a result of the increased specialization described above, we are also seeing new types, ranging from inventory and cleaning robots in supermarkets or retail stores to collaborative robots (cobots) working alongside people. Cobots are intended to be safer and easier to program…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.80
January 03, 2022
…to start taking hold in 2022 is the concept of robot operations, or RobOps. He is co-founder of the Robot Operations Group (ROG), which is promoting a set of processes, tools, and best practices to guide robot manufacturers, operators, and customers in the design and use of robots. “RobOps are a vital part of robotics development and integration at scale across industries,” said the organization. “RobOps comprises an executional layer to the larger evolving picture of autonomous robotic integration in our world.”
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 24.01
December 08, 2021
…the need to effectively manage and scale them. The Robot Operations Group today announced its first conference, RobOpsCon, which will be held in Silicon Valley in October 2022. The Robot Operations Group, or ROG (pronounced “rogue”), is a cross-industry organization that develops and shares best practices to advance the operation of autonomous robots at scale. The group, which has almost 150 members worldwide and is growing rapidly, has published the open-source Robot Operations Manifesto. “If you think managing IT systems is tough enough, now put it on wheels with a battery and send it into world with a half-ton body,”…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.00
October 27, 2021
…Institute, the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), and the Robot Operations Group (ROG) have been discussing robot interoperability in heterogeneous environments. However, Open Robotics has been taking an open-source approach for a few years already, said Gerkey. “Compared with companies in the robot operations, or RobOps software space, some of them are focused on ways to manage a single kind of fleet,” he said. “Other groups are looking to establish a standard. We're not really looking to dictate standards, which don't always work in the fast-moving world of robotics.” “We are a member of MassRobotics and participated in its effort…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.99
October 15, 2021
…Its CEO, Florian Pestoni, is also co-founder of the Robot Operations Group (ROG), an industry community dedicated to advancing robot operations, or RobOps, best practices. ROG had its latest meeting at the A3 AMR & Logistics Conference. AMR & Logistics Conference panel on interoperability, from left: Robert Huschka, A3; Aaron Prather, FedEx; Florian Pestoni, InOrbit; Daniel Theobald, Vecna Robotics; and Jose Luis Susa Rincon, Siemens. Making mapping work How does shared mapping work? “Each robot makes its own map, but they use a shared coordinate system,” replied Walker. “It's like hiking with GIS—we use common reference points.” “There was a…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 24.24
October 05, 2021
…standard for communications. Pestoni is also co-founder of the Robot Operations Group (ROG), which discusses interoperability issues. InOrbit presence at A3 event The session on “Interoperability for AMRs: Exploring the Path Forward” will be from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. CT on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021. Pestoni will join speakers from FedEx, Siemens, and Vecna Robotics. In addition, InOrbit will be an exhibitor at A3's conference, which will focus on automation and logistics advancements. The company said it will be available for live product demonstrations and interviews upon request. It also plans to make several announcements at the show. “We will…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.46
September 23, 2021
…in heterogeneous environments. InOrbit is a founder of the Robot Operations Group and recently joined the standards efforts at MassRobotics, an organization devoted to growing the Massachusetts robotics ecosystem. “As a member, we now support the new MassRobotics interoperability standard as part of InOrbit and have made open-source contributions,” said Pestoni. “Other standards are coming soon.” “One of the roles we took on is to share information and raise awareness,” he said. “If we want this future with lots of robots doing the heavy lifting, we believe that this idea of interoperability and orchestration of all of these robots in…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.13
September 04, 2021
…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 terms of collaborating with vendors, we work with best-of-breed technologies,” he said. “We're looking at the latest technologies and POCs [proofs of concept] and then see what use cases to progress further.” While there is a lot of talk about the “factory…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 21.80
July 21, 2021
…standard.” Pestoni is also a founding member of the Robot Operations Group, a community of industry experts dedicated to advancing robot operations, or RobOps, best practices. InOrbit has joined MassRobotics as a member and has already contributed to the standard, which is available as an open-source project. The company has also released open-source components to help other companies become standards-compliant. It added that it is working on support for additional interoperability standards such as VDA-5050, which is intended to make connecting robots to the cloud easier. Any compliant robot can connect to InOrbit for fleet-wide visibility and management, offering companies…
