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SLAM + Machine Learning Ushers in the “Age of Perception”
Recent advances in machine and deep learning have improved SLAM techniques, leading to an increased richness in maps, with semantic scene understanding improving localization, mapping quality and robustness. The post SLAM + Machine Learning Ushers in the “Age of...
How ROS on Windows boosts Clearpath’s mobile robot capabilities
Clearpath Robotics, a Kitchener, Canada-based developer of mobile robots for research and development, now supports the Robot Operating System (ROS) on Windows 10. Clearpath’s unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) have always been based on ROS, the open-source platform that...
Freedom Pilot, Resource Monitor keep humans in the loop for rapid robot deployment
Freedom Pilot is intended to help developers bring devices such as delivery robots to market. Source: Freedom Robotics Freedom Robotics Inc., which has been developing a cloud-based infrastructure for managing fleets of robots, has released teleoperation and resource...
MAVNet communication system enables remote piloting of drones over the Internet
The Multimodal Autonomous Vehicle Network, or MAVNet, allows users to operate drones from anywhere in the world using only an Internet connection. Source: Horizon31 Horizon31 LLC has exclusively licensed a new communications system that enables users to reliably...
Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning helping Army advance drone swarms
Army researchers developed Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning that allows swarms of unmanned aerial and ground vehicles to optimally accomplish various missions while minimizing performance uncertainty on the battlefield. Army researchers developed a reinforcement...
Watch: drone detects & avoids obstacles in 3.5 milliseconds
Drones can do many things, but avoiding obstacles is not their strongest suit yet – especially when they move quickly. Although many drones are equipped with cameras that can detect obstacles, it typically takes from 20 to 40 milliseconds for the drone to process the...
Quality control testing can be 10 times faster with new 3D robotic cell, says ABB
Source: ABB Robotics & Discrete Automation Robots can reduce or eliminate the need for time-consuming manual inspection and increase manufacturing productivity, said ABB Robotics & Discrete Automation last week. It said its new 3D quality inspection, or 3DQI,...
How singulation and sorting of parcels can benefit from AI-powered robots
Source: Photoneo Manual singulation of huge piles of parcels and envelopes, followed by sorting and placing them on a conveyor belt, gets challenging, especially during peaks. Automation of this process can increase productivity, save costs and time, and reduce...
Automation Imperative Accelerates
Increased automation—with its ability to significantly boost societal productivity—is needed to help modern nations address seemingly intractable challenges such as sluggish wage growth, aging populations, rising health care costs, environmental restorations, global...
Yomi robotic system from Neocis gets FDA approval for full-arch dental implants
Source: Neocis Neocis Inc. said that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Yomi system for robot-assisted dental implant surgery. The clearance allows for a new splint attachment, which broadens Yomi’s application to...
Gaumard gives simulated patients realistic symptoms for robotic medical training
A pediatric HAL S2225 on mechanical ventilation. Source: Gaumard Among the uses for robotics in healthcare is in safely training medical personnel. This is especially important with ventilator shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic. Gaumard Scientific has created HAL,...
Locomation completes first on-road pilot of human-guided autonomous freight hauling
Source: Locomation Autonomous trucks have gained ground lately, as the complexity of long-haul highway driving poses less of a challenge than urban traffic for passenger vehicles. Locomation today announced the successful completion of its first on-road pilot program...