Automate 2024: Monday recap of robotics news and notes from Chicago
May 6, 2024
Automate 2024 opened from McCormick Place in Chicago as automation professionals, organizations, educators, students and more saw live demonstrations and took in sessions from organizations around the globe.
Automate 2024: NVIDIA and Alphabet’s Intrinsic put next-gen robotics within grasp
May 6, 2024
NVIDIA and Alphabet announced a collaboration centered around the use of NVIDIA AI, Isaac Manipulator and the Intrinsic platform at Automate 2024 in Chicago.
Boston Dynamics to commercialize electric Atlas humanoid robot
April 22, 2024
Boston Dynamics has retired its hydraulic Atlas humanoid robot for an electric model unconstrained by human range of motion. Hyundai will begin commercialization testing.
How supervised autonomy keeps robot arms moving
April 10, 2024
Erik Nieves, CEO of Plus One Robotics, described what degree of freedom Plus One gives to its AI control systems, as well as the types of situations that warrant human...
Micropsi Industries introduces MIRAI 2, AI-vision software for more reliable, scalable automation
April 1, 2024
Micropsi Industries introduced its latest generation of its AI-vision software, MIRAI 2, with five new features that aim to make automation more reliable and scalable.
Robot Era open-sources reinforcement learning framework Humanoid-Gym
April 1, 2024
Beijing-based Robot Era announced it will open source its reinforcement learning framework, Humanoid-Gym, on GitHub in the hopes of speeding up progress on humanoid robots.
ABB identifies three major trends for AI and robotics in 2024
March 27, 2024
ABB identified three major trends for AI in robotics in 2024, focusing on new levels of robotic autonomy, AI robots in new sectos and more opportunities for education and training.
Liberty Robotics launches AI-powered VPick and VPack systems
March 26, 2024
Liberty Robotics launched VPick and Vpack, its latest offerings in robotic vision and material handling, aimed at enhancing efficiency, reliability and safety in warehouse environments.
Humanoid robot developer Figure AI raises $675M series B
March 22, 2024
Figure AI recently announced partnerships with OpenAI to enhance language processing and Microsoft to provide AI infrastructure for accelerating commercialization.
GTC 2024: NVIDIA Isaac taps generative AI for manufacturing, logistics applications
March 18, 2024
NVIDIA adds new foundation models, a robot learning framework and AI workflow orchestration and robot perception tools.
GTC 2024: NVIDIA combines digital twins with real-time AI for industrial automation
March 18, 2024
NVIDIA software - Omniverse, Metropolis, Isaac and cuOpt - combine to create an AI gym where robots and AI agents can work out and be evaluated in complex industrial spaces.
MODEX 2024: Zivid brings 3D+2D cameras to Fizyr’s new vision packs
March 15, 2024
FIzyr welcomed Zivid to its partner program as part of MODEX 2024, integrating Zivid’s cameras into multiple new Fizyr vision packs.
MODEX 2024: Wednesday recap of robotics news and notes from Atlanta
March 13, 2024
Day 3 of MODEX 2024 saw lighter crowds than the prior two in Atlanta, but attendees were still engaged with robotics and automation companies from around the world at the Georgia World...
MODEX 2024: Peak Technologies exhibits machine vision technologies
March 13, 2024
Peak Technologies showcased its machine vision technologies with partner Zebra Technologies during MODEX 2024 in Atlanta.
MODEX 2024: VisionNav launches trailer loading and unloading system
March 13, 2024
VisionNav’s VNST20 PRO AGV and Bight Eye system incorporates 3D LiDAR and SLAM machine vision for automated trailer loading and unloading applications.
MODEX 2024: Covariant introduces RFM-1 to give robots human-like ability to reason
March 11, 2024
Covariant released its RFM-1 to provide robots the human-like ability to reason at MODEX 2024 in Atlanta.
MODEX 2024: Fizyr to unveil partner program and certified vision packs
March 8, 2024
AI-enabled machine vision developer Fizyr aims to introduce its certified vision packs to more integrators and components manufacturers through its new partner program.
CES 2024: Orbbec rolls out Gemini 2 XL camera
January 12, 2024
The Orbbec Gemini 2 XL camera is made for AI-based vision developers looking for an affordable, wide FOV RGB-D PoE camera with high-performance over a long range and varied lighting condition.
Dallas Manufacturing Sector to See at Cowboys Stadium How Robots Can Mitigate Labor Shortages
November 3, 2023
Olympus Controls plans to show at the Waves of Innovation event how manufacturers can benefit from robotics with workforce optimization and increased productivity.
TuSimple Patents Technologies to Show, Protect Progress in Autonomous Trucking
November 3, 2023
TuSimple has obtained about 600 patents, 72 in the first half of 2023. The autonomous truck developer discusses why intellectual property protection is important to watch.
