Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.12
…to install necessary power outlets and network cabling. Once infrastructure was in place, HMS returned to install and configure the Anybus Wireless products on each AGV before verifying that the installation worked as planned. “A key factor for us was that HMS were on hand to design and install the wireless infrastructure. That was important for us,” Lichan said. “We wanted to have wireless experts onsite to ensure that everything went smoothly. We’re not wireless experts, HMS are. We make cars, which you probably already knew.” Anybus access points, Bolt II units operate on 5 GHz band The wireless infrastructure…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.15
…part of the broader digital transformation ecosystem, requiring IT infrastructure, employee buy-in, connectivity, workflows, safety standards, and operational processes for the robots and the data they generate and rely on. With over 1,500 deployments, the company’s Spot quadruped robot is already teaching hundreds of companies how to work alongside autonomous mobile robots. Boston Dynamics said it believes humanoid robots will be most effective if they are deployed with in-depth digital twin facility models and lots of data about how they operate. Boston Dynamics also recently launched its Orbit fleet management software, which provides a centralized platform to manage entire robot…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.08
…module. MiR said the MiR1200 pallet jack’s ability to navigate in tight spaces with minimal changes to the existing infrastructure makes it the perfect fit for optimizing logistics efficiency and ensuring timely delivery of pallets. Teradyne Robotics, MiR’s parent company, also recently announced another partnership with NVIDIA through Universal Robots.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.41
…or overhead obstacles. MiR said the MiR1200’s ability to navigate in tight spaces with minimal changes to the existing infrastructure makes it well-suited to optimizing logistics efficiency and ensuring timely delivery of pallets. In addition to Teradyne, MiR also recently publicized details and specifications of its new MiR1200 autonomous pallet jack.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.20
…address issues like damaged stock, fallen inventory, and rack infrastructure damage. Environmental monitoring: sensor fusion across various data sets, including temperature, humidity, and gas detection can track and address critical surrounding factors over time to control if goods are stored in appropriate conditions. AI-enabled inventory control system can provide actionable insights Through AMRs, DexoryView can scan warehouses of 1 million square feet and over 100,000 pallets in a day, which Dexory said can provide accurate, instant, real-time information on goods and assets across the sites. Leveraging AI algorithms and AMR-mounted sensors, Dexory said its DexoryView platform can now power logistics…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.04
…granting new levels of autonomy, while greatly reducing the infrastructure needed by previous generations of guided robots. This paves the way for a shift from linear production lines to dynamic networks, creating significant efficiencies and taking on more dull, dirty and dangerous tasks, to enable workers to take up more rewarding jobs.” 2. AI will see robots enter new sectors The potential offered by AI-enabled robotics is influencing sectors far beyond manufacturing. In 2024, these technologies are expected to bring substantial efficiency improvements to more dynamic environments, such as healthcare and life sciences, as well as retail. Another example is…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.46
…help in everyday life.” Microsoft Azure to provide AI infrastructure for deployment support Figure will leverage Microsoft Azure for AI infrastructure, training, and storage. “We are excited to collaborate with Figure and work towards accelerating AI breakthroughs,” said Jon Tinter, Corporate Vice President of Business Development at Microsoft. “Through our work together, Figure will have access to Microsoft's AI infrastructure and services to support the deployment of humanoid robots to assist people with real world applications.” Figure recently announced commercial agreement with BMW The Figure team is made up of individuals knowledgeable in AI-enabled robotics from Boston Dynamics, Tesla, Google…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.96
…won’t bump into people or objects, and requires no infrastructure changes. When it’s time for cycle counting, it uses drone technology attached to the ground robot with a tether - used to power the drone and for real-time data transfer. The drone ascends vertically and begins scanning products as the Captis base navigates its way down narrow corridors. The system can capture data with 99.9 per cent accuracy autonomously for up to five hours per mission, according to Cypher. That data is automatically integrated with existing warehouse management system (WMS), warehouse control system (WCS) and warehouse execution system (WES) software.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 19.79
…to introduce load management techniques for electric vehicle (EV) infrastructures. The company emphasized the role of dynamic load management within the EV charging infrastructure. By optimizing power and load distribution in real-time, factors such as surplus charging, grid peak times, and weather conditions will be integrated into the charging process. Webasto said load management can reduce strain on the power grid while enhancing the user experience. Moreover, Webasto underscored the importance of integrating distributed energy resources (DER) grids into the EV infrastructure. Leveraging locally available capacity further enhances energy sustainability, creating a more efficient and cost-effective ecosystem, said Webasto. “We…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.24
…the large training workloads, we’re using NVIDIA OSMO, an infrastructure solution that lets our machine learning engineers streamline their workflows and dedicate their expertise to tackling the hard robotics problems.” OSMO supports GR00T, for example, by concurrently running models on NVIDIA DGX for training and NVIDIA OVX servers for live reinforcement learning in simulation. This workload involves generating and training models iteratively in a loop. OSMO’s ability to manage and schedule workloads across distributed environments allows for the seamless coordination of DGX and OVX systems, enabling efficient and iterative model development. Once the model is ready for testing and validation,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.08
…entirely in simulation before rolling them out in industrial infrastructure, saving significant time and cost. NVIDIA Omniverse, Metropolis, Isaac and cuOpt interact in AI gyms where developers can train AI agents to help robots and humans navigate unpredictable or complex events. An AI Gym for Industrial Digitalization In the demo, a digital twin of a 100,000-square-foot warehouse - built using the NVIDIA Omniverse platform for developing and connecting OpenUSD applications - operates as a simulation environment for dozens of digital workers and multiple autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), vision AI agents and sensors. Each AMR, running the NVIDIA Isaac Perceptor multi-sensor…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.53
…may not warrant an investment in the detection or infrastructure required for other technologies in the Yale Reliant suite. Workforce growth, more potential for collisions Warehouse workforces have more than doubled in just a decade, surging from 668,900 employees in 2011 to more than 1.7 million in 2021, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). A heavy reliance on inexperienced forklift operators has been a necessary coping mechanism for many warehouses, but that practice has exacerbated common safety and productivity challenges. “Forklift operator assist solutions are a step that warehouses can take today to support inexperienced operators and…