Cloud computing represents the most important horizontal innovation for the robotics industry to date, with the market for robot-related services powered by cloud computing reaching US$157.8 billion in annual revenue by 2030. The post Cloud Computing Will be the Great Enabler of Mobile Robotics appeared first on Robotics Business Review.
Hello Robot co-founder and CEO Aaron Edsinger with the Stretch mobile manipulator. | Credit: Hello Robot He just couldn’t stay away. Aaron Edsinger, the former Director of Robotics at Google (2013-17), is back with another mobile manipulator. After three years in stealth mode, Hello Robot co-founders Edsinger and Charlie Kemp unveiled Stretch, a slender robot […]
MIT’s system uses a pair of soft robotic grippers with high-resolution tactile sensors to manipulate freely moving cables. | Photo Credit: MIT CSAIL. For humans, it can be challenging to manipulate thin flexible objects like ropes, wires, or cables. But if these problems are hard for humans, they are nearly impossible for robots. The post […]
The Scout drones were designed with specific capabilities in mind. Source: American Robotics Despite the hype surrounding drones for the past decade, we are still only scratching the surface of what is achievable with this technology, particularly within the commercial sector. Hundreds of billions of dollars still await to be unlocked in this industry as […]
Robotic textiles could be unobtrusive. Source: Wyss Institute at Harvard University Amultidisciplinary team of researchers from Harvard University’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology has developed Smart Thermally Actuating Textiles (STATs). The robotic textiles induce pressure changes by […]
For robotics systems, “supervised autonomy”, readily available for implementation today, can be used as a bridging solution between teleoperation and full autonomy. The post The Role of Supervised Autonomy in Mobile Manipulation appeared first on Robotics Business Review.
FreeMove is a vision-based safety system. Source: Veo Robotics Vision systems have been employed in manufacturing for parts inspection, parts alignment, quality control, part identification, and part picking for many years. Now, new vision technology helps provide safety for industrial robots to work alongside humans. The post Advanced vision and the future of robot safety […]
Imaging devices provide environmental context for robotic prosthetics. (a) On-glasses configuration using a Tobii Pro Glasses 2 eye tracker. (b) Lower limb data acquisition device. (c) and (d) Example frames from the cameras for the two configurations. (e) and (f) Example images of the experimental environment and terrains. Credit: Edgar Lobaton, NC State Since bionic […]
Market momentum stalled for the retail sector’s “Next Big Thing”, but ongoing investment and innovation, along with critical business drivers, ensures incremental progress continues. The post What Will Become of the Unmanned Store? appeared first on Robotics Business Review.
Graduate students Zachary Hammond (on left) and Nathan Usevitch pick up and move the isoperimetric robot, demonstrating that it is lightweight, resistant to damage and safe around humans. Credit: Farrin Abbott/Stanford University News Advances in soft robotics could someday allow robots to work alongside humans, helping them lift heavy objects or carrying them out of […]
