Topic: Simulation

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Team CERBERUS and Team Dynamo Win DARPA Subterranean Challenge Final Event

September 27, 2021 · After three years and competition in real and simulated tunnels, urban environments, and caves, two teams took top spots in the $5 million final DARPA SubT Challenge.

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Realtime Robotics Opens Office in Japan to Meet Growing Demand for Robot Motion Control Systems

September 27, 2021 · Realtime Robotics, which has already been working with leading robotics vendors in Japan, is opening a new facility to demonstrate its motion planning technology.

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NVIDIA Working With Open Robotics to Accelerate ROS 2 Perception for Robot Developers

September 22, 2021 · NVIDIA is working to help robotics developers and startups by enabling ROS 2 to run on its Jetson processors for perception, modeling, and training in realistic environments.

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Mujin Opens Georgia Office to Offer Robot Controller to U.S. Logistics Market

September 21, 2021 · Rather than programming complex tasks or trusting machine learning, Mujin takes a "machine intelligence" approach to picking as it expands into North America.

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MassRobotics Opens Applications for Second Jumpstart Fellowship Program to Encourage Robotics Diversity

September 15, 2021 · MassRobotics has opened registration for the second cohort of its Jumpstart Fellowship Program offering diverse high school girls opportunities to learn about STEM careers.

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Ambi Robotics Raises $26M Series A Funding Led by Tiger Global

September 14, 2021 · Ambi Robotics, which has applied simulation-to-reality AI technology for highly dexterous sorting robots, plans to use its latest funding to continue supply chain growth.

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AWS Discusses How Robotics Startups Can Accelerate Innovation

September 9, 2021 · Amazon Web Services recently held a Robotics Startup Accelerator Program, and AWS shares some of the takeaways from discussions on innovation, simulation, and funding.

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Hexagon Releases HxGN Robotic Automation for Industry 4.0 Quality Assurance

September 5, 2021 · Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence said its new HxGN Robotic Automation software enables quality control professionals to more easily program robot inspection cells.

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Qcraft Raises $100M Series A Funding for Autonomous Shuttle Bus Development

August 14, 2021 · Qcraft, which is developing a full stack of autonomous vehicle technology using simulation and 5G technologies, is planning to deploy more 'Dragon Boat' buses.

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How Can Robots Improve Picking Operations in Warehouses?

August 14, 2021 · Warehouse operators are demanding increasing flexibility, scalability, and throughput, so it's no surprise that robots and software offer to relieve human workers of tedium.

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Beyon3D Raises $12.4M and Readies Launch of Robotics for Manufacturing and Construction

August 13, 2021 · Beyon3D, part of a recent wave of Israeli high-tech companies getting investment, plans to roll out its manufacturing automation technology across the U.S., Europe, and Canada.

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Ambi Robotics to Add Keyence High-Speed Code Reader to Parcel-Sorting Robots

August 11, 2021 · Keyence's SR-5000 code reader works at high speed and has a wide field of view and depth of field, enabling it to gather data at a rate comparable with the AmbiSort sortation robot.

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DroneDeploy Acquires Rocos to Automate Ground, Air Jobsite Data Collection

August 11, 2021 · DroneDeploy, which uses aerial data to create digital twins of job sites, structures, and assets, will add Rocos' cloud-based workflow software for ground robots to its offerings.

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NVIDIA Expands Simulation Omniverse With Blender and Adobe Integration

August 10, 2021 · NVIDIA has expanded its Omniverse simulation and collaboration platform with software integrations to allow more developers to jointly create simulations.

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CMU Researchers Develop Algorithm to Help Autonomous Vehicles Navigate Busy Streets

August 7, 2021 · Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University said they have found a new method for autonomous vehicles and delivery robots to balance aggressive and cooperative behavior.

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Top 10 Robotics, Autonomous Vehicle Transactions of July 2021

August 6, 2021 · Although the number of transactions in July 2021 held steady, self-driving car companies and startups working on robot software still raised billions.

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Lucas Systems, Fetch Robotics to Jointly Optimize Warehouse Worker and Robot Collaboration

August 4, 2021 · Lucas Systems plans to orchestrate both warehouse workers and Fetch's autonomous mobile robots to optimize picking, improve productivity, and relieve labor shortages.

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FundamentalVR Simulates Soft Tissue With Haptics for Medical Education

August 2, 2021 · Not only can haptic feedback provide more realistic surgical simulations, but it can also accelerate the process of safely learning new techniques, says Fundamental VR.

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Carnegie Mellon Works With Apple on Robotic Recycling of Devices

July 26, 2021 · Apple, which already uses robots to disassemble electronics to recover hazardous or valuable materials, is funding research at CMU to better recognize different devices.

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Alphabet’s X Launches Intrinsic to Make Robot Programming Easier

July 23, 2021 · A team at X, the innovation unit of Alphabet, has spent five and a half years developing tools to make it easier for robots to sense and be used in more applications.

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