Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 22.66
…for how robots can 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…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.13
…the droid’s head,” said Vuksic. He also uses Microsoft Azure to process the data in the cloud for object-detection training. “My favorite part of the project was definitely connecting it to the Jetson Orin Nano, which made it easy to run the AI and make the droid move according to what it sees,” said Vuksic, who wrote a step-by-step technical guide to building the bot, so others can try it themselves. “The most challenging part was traveling with the droid — there was a bit of explanation necessary when I was passing security and opened my bag which contained the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.70
…potential traffic bottlenecks. MiR Fleet is hosted on Microsoft Azure, ensuring robust data storage and security, claimed Mobile Industrial Robots. MiR Insights offers flexible data-visualization options and an API for the integration of raw data into external systems, it said. Furthermore, MiR Insights is designed for continuous evolution based on customer experience and is focused on continually improving AMR fleet operations, according to the company. FORVIA uses robots, software to optimize operations In one real-world example of how fleet management software is being used, Tier 1 automotive supplier FORVIA installed 14 AMRs from Mobile Industrial Robots at its Fauercia Clean…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.31
…APIs, and frameworks for generative AI running on Microsoft's Azure cloud using real-time factory data and 5G networking, enabling collaboration among multiple users around the world. “Everything is ray-traced. We do everything in CAD; no art is necessary,” Huang said. “It's one source of data across your company.” He mentioned that NVIDIA is working with WPP to build an advertising content engine using Omniverse (see video below). “Accelerated computing and generative AI—this form of computing is not like general-purpose computing,” said Huang. “It's full-stack, data center-scale, and domain-specific. We're extending it in multiple directions, from the cloud to digital factories.”…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.52
…edge computing,” he said. “A customer could even run Azure or AWS cloud-based tools to analyze imagery locally on the box versus sending tens of thousands of gigabytes of data.” “We hope that the PowerPad Pro can act as a platform for other people to run their software on, such as data analytics and mission planning across a bunch of drones,” added Waters. “We hope we can host and help expand their markets and operations in the field.” Multiple industries could benefit from new tech In its press release, WiBotic said that PowerPad Pro's combination of wireless data transfer and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.62
…Mobile Industrial Robots in the cloud, at ProMat Microsoft Azure hosts MiR Insights, which works with MiR Fleet, MiR’s fleet management software. MiR Insights reads data from MiR Fleet but does not interfere with fleet operations or individual robot control, or adjust fleet settings. “The data interface is very flexible with options for data visualization, as well as an API to port raw data for use in external systems,” claimed Mobile Industrial Robots. It added that MiR Insights is designed “to support a continuous evolution in performance based on customer experience, all focused on improving AMR fleet operations.” Mobile Industrial…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.52
…use of Microsoft’s depth technology, used in Hololens and Azure Kinect DevKit, to a broad range of industrial applications,” said Jon Yee, depth product marketing director at Microsoft. “This camera is a result of a close collaboration between our teams and will be an essential tool helping AI developers to add depth perception to computer vision.” Femto Mega includes NVIDIA processor The Femto Mega's built-in NVIDIA Jetson Nano processor runs depth vision algorithms to convert raw data to precise depth images. This eliminates the need for an external PC or compute device, according to the company. The camera can be…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.03
…VoloIQ is an app that will run on Microsoft Azure “offering full transparency for the complex urban air mobility ecosystem in real time.” Saudi smart city invests in Volocopter Volocopter became a strategic partner with investor Neom in December 2021. Neom is a smart city or “cognitive region project” being built in Saudi Arabia. The joint venture plans to integrate the VoloCity air taxi and the VoloDrone into Neom's sustainable and connected mobility systems. It will also design and operate the region's all-electric public flight routes for the first seven years after launch. “At Neom, we strongly believe in the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.94
…and embedded computing ecosystem, including Canon, John Deere, Microsoft Azure, Teradyne, and TK Elevator. NVIDIA said its Jetson ecosystem is growing rapidly with over 1 million developers, 6,000 customers, 2,000 startups, and 150 partners. Jetson partners offer a wide range of support from AI software, hardware, and application design services to cameras, sensors and peripherals, and developer tools and systems. Orin Nano is supported by the NVIDIA JetPack software development kit (SDK) and is powered by the same NVIDIA CUDA-X accelerated computing stack used to create AI products in fields such as the industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), manufacturing, and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.93
…will use a specific cloud provider (AWS, GCP, MS Azure, etc.) and prefer to store their data in data lakes within those providers. Storing data within a data lake is also preferable because it is much cheaper than storing it in a more structured data warehouse. This allows for more affordable storage of data so that personas can load only the data they need for analytics purposes into a more expensive data warehouse. Data finally goes where it needs to go To solve issues quickly and hold up against tough competition in the robotics industry, full access to data is…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.70
…to 90%, said Zebra. Warehouse challenges include volume, recruitment Azure Knowledge Corp., a third-party research firm, conducted Zebra's Warehousing Vision Study in January and February 2022. It received feedback from over 1,500 decision makers and associates who manage and maintain warehouse or distribution center operations in manufacturing, retail, transportation, logistics, and wholesale distribution across North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. Respondents to the survey said they're expected to maintain inventory accuracy and visibilty while also delivering orders faster than ever. They said their shipping volumes have increased more than 20% over the past two years, and rising transportation costs…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.12
…AI. They include ADLINK, Akasha Imaging (an Alphabet company), Cyngn, ForwardX, FutureMind, Hyundai Robotics, inVia Robotics, LG Electronics, Microsoft Azure private MEC, ModalAI, Naver Labs, Pudu Robotics, Samsung Electronics, Teledyne Flir, and Thundercomm. “We've had great validation from industry leaders in the ecosystem,” said Singh. Qualcomm is also continuing its work with TDK, which has added its sensor technologies to Qualcomm's latest robotics offerings. The Qualcomm RB5 AMR Reference Design is now available for pre-sale thorugh ModalAI, and the Qualcomm Robotics RB6 development kit is available through Thundercomm.