Global Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

DoBot Robotics , a collaborative robot (cobot) arms developer, has entered into a Letter of Intent with VenHub , a company developing a modular retail platform built on expendable containers.  This Letter of Intent sets the stage for exploratory discussions between DoBot and VenHub that the companies say could alter the face of the retail and robotics landscape. It outlines the initial understanding between the two companies and marks the start of a strong strategic partnership for future collaboration.  The joint exploration between the two companies show a commitment from both companies to their pursuit of innovation that pushes the boundaries and transcends traditional shopping experiences.  “Our mission at DoBot has always been to transform how we live, work, and interact with groundbreaking robotic technology,” Jerry Liu, CEO of DoBot Robotics, said. “The opportunity to explore a partnership with VenHub, a company that shares our passion for innovation, is genuin...

6 River Systems’ Chuch autonomous mobile robots. | Source: 6 River Systems When Shopify sold 6 River Systems , many assumed Ocado paid pennies on the dollar to acquire the autonomous mobile robot (AMR) maker. Now we know exactly how good of a deal Ocado got. In its 2023 mid-year financial report , Ocado said it paid just $12.7 million to acquire 6 River Systems. For comparison, Shopify paid $450 million to acquire 6 River Systems in September 2019. Ocado paid roughly 2.8% of what Shopify paid for 6 River. Ocado said the 6 River business “has a good client list, is debt-free, cash flow positive, and generates positive EBITDA.” I’m no mathematician, but taking a $437.3 million loss can’t be good, even if you’re trying to offload a business that’s no longer part of future plans to cut costs. Founded in 2015, 6 River Systems builds AMRs for the logistics and non-grocery retail sectors. The AMRs provide automated assistance to human pickers in a warehouse, working collaboratively wit...

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Humanoids have historically been relegated to robotics research labs to help push the boundaries of legged locomotion and control systems. However, the tides are changing. Now, humanoids are ready to take their first steps as more and more companies are creating humanoids to perform various real-world tasks.  At RoboBusiness, which will be held in Santa Clara, CA on October 18-19, three experts in the humanoid robotics industry will take part in a keynote panel on the state of humanoid robotics development. Attendees will gain firsthand insights into the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead and discover which industries are poised to be early adopters of these remarkable creations. The first panelist is Geordie Rose , the co-founder and CEO of Sanctuary, a company currently developing a humanoid robot called Phoenix. The company has demonstrated five generations of its Phoenix robot, and the soon-to-be-released sixth generation will be its first with legs and bipedal moti...

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is testing the use of the Boston Dynamics Spot robot with an onboard manipulator to remotely trip high-voltage breakers. The primary use case is to save lives and prevent injury to power station workers. There are an estimated 30,000 instances of arc flash each year in the United States alone, and one to two fatalities occur daily in North America. This image (taken from the video) shows the custom end effector developed as part of the fully automated racking procedure for Spot. | Credit: Boston Dynamics OPG has five Boston Dynamics’ Spot robots deployed throughout their Enterprise Innovation division. In 2022, the team sought to see if Spot’s dexterous arm could be used to assist in tripping and racking out a 600-volt breaker—an activity that is high risk for arc flash. As shown in the video above, Boston Dynamics engineers have taken this application to the next level by fully automating the procedure. Spot can perform the entire operation autono...

Kyle Vogt, the co-founder and CEO of Cruise , announced today that Cruise vehicles will be heading to Nashville. Nashville will become the seventh city that the company has started operations in.  Cruise’s journey started in San Francisco, and since then the company has deployed its robotaxis in Phoenix and Austin, and has started operations in Houston, Dallas, and Miami. According to Vogt, we can expect to start seeing Cruise robotaxis in Nashville within the next few months.  A year ago, however, Cruise was only operating its robotaxi services in San Francisco. While it took the company 33 months to receive all the regulatory approval it needed to begin rides in San Francisco, according to Vogt, for the company’s next deployment locations in Phoenix and Austin it took just three weeks. Since then, Cruise hasn’t slowed down its expansion. According to Vogt, this rapid growth is possible because of the company’s decision to begin operations in San Francisco, a city notor...

Numurus announced that advance registration for its NEPI 2.0 software engine for AI and robotic automation development is now open. The NEPI engine comes pre-built with rich capabilities that engineers can leverage to speed up software development. NEPI is free for developers, educators, students, and researchers who want to avoid one-third of low-level coding time and costs. It combines an abstraction to a library of plug-and-play sensors and robotic backseat drivers, drag-and-drop AI orchestration and automation tools, data and system management suite, and much more, enabling engineers to accelerate their product’s time to market. Numurus, a member of the  NVIDIA Metropolis  program for vision AI, also announced that registrants would be able to access NEPI source code with build instructions or through preinstallation on  NVIDIA Jetson  Xavier and Orin modules for edge AI and robotics, making it easy and flexible for customers to use. Numurus’ customers have ...

Advantech’s rugged hardware is now integrated with MOV.AI’s Robotics Engine Platform, making it easier to develop and deploy Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) for businesses. | Credit: Advantech Advantech announces a new partnership with MOV.AI . The goal of this collaboration is to streamline the creation of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) by providing robot manufacturers and integrators access to both cutting-edge industrial computing technology and a powerful software platform for building, deploying, and running intelligent robots. Advantech’s rugged hardware can be integrated with MOV.AI’s Robotics Engine Platform, making it easier to develop and deploy AMRs for businesses. This collaboration provides a solution to address the growing need for faster time-to-value, flexibility, improved efficiency, and higher productivity in manufacturing and logistics. “Advantech is excited to cooperate with MOV.AI and we look forward to providing an advanced state-of-the-art AGV/AMR solution...

A research group at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute has developed a suite of robotic systems and planners that enable robots to explore unknown and treacherous and unknown environments more quickly and create more accurate and detailed maps. The Autonomous Exploration Research Team’s systems allow robots to explore completely autonomously, finding their way and creating a map without human intervention.  The CMU research team combined a 3D scanning lidar sensor, forward-looking camera, and inertial measurement unit sensors with an exploration algorithm to enable the robot to determine where it is now, where it has been, and where it should go next. These sensors can be attached to nearly any robotic platform. Right now, CMU’s group is using a motorized wheelchair and drones for much of its testing.  “You can set it in any environment, like a department store or a residential building after a disaster, and off it goes,” Ji Zhang, a systems scientist at the R...

An illustration of Astrobotic’s LunaGrid-Lite system on the Moon. | Source: Astrobotic Astrobotic has won a $34.6 million NASA Tipping Point partnership to demonstrate the power transmission abilities of its LunaGrid-Lite on the lunar surface. This will be the first-ever transmission of high-voltage power across the lunar surface. LunaGrid-Lite will transmit power from a lunar lander to a tethered rover. During the demo, an Astrobotic 6U CubeRover will unreel 1 kilometer of cable from an Astrobotic lunar lander and receive the high voltage power. The demonstration will serve as a pilot for Astrobotic’s LunaGrid service, which aims to deliver commercial power service by the Watt to future customers on the lunar surface. For the demonstration, the lander’s solar arrays will generate power. After landing, a CubeRover carrying a spool of specially designed cable will depart from the lander and deploy the cable to the lunar surface. The system will then transmit 1 kW of power from the...

FlexQube’s patent application regarding its unique autonomous mobile robot (AMR) system, FlexQube Navigator, was granted by the European Patent Office. The grant is for EU/EES, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. The granted patent will be valid until 2041. The patent is part of FlexQube’s continuous strategy to protect its developed technologies, and the corresponding patent is expected to be granted in the USA in the near future. Corresponding patent applications are also being evaluated by patent offices in South Korea, Japan, China, Canada, and India. The CTO of FlexQube, Per Augustsson, said, “This is very good news for FlexQube, because the patent will protect our innovative AMR system that has been developed over the past three years. The AMR system includes an autonomous robot, the FlexQube Navigator, and motorized carts designed with FlexQube’s patented building block system. The patent refers to the technology of lifting the AMR from the ground while it is coupled to a motoriz...

The Collaborative Robotics development team is working on a new generation of collaborative robotics. | Credit: Collaborative Robots Instagram feed Collaborative Robotics announced it has raised $30M in Series A funding led by new anchor investor, Sequoia Capital, bringing the total amount raised since founding to over $40M. The funds will enable Collaborative Robotics to begin the process of scaling early field deployments and manufacturing their novel cobot. The company is intentionally vague about exactly what that novel cobot is. So I reached out to company founder Brad Porter to try to tease more detail about the product and the roadmap. There isn’t a single image of a robot on the company website, but there are hints as to the workflows that the company is attacking. The company was founded in 2022 by Brad Porter, former VP of Amazon Robotics, to redefine the future of human-robot interaction. Porter brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the role, leading to the as...

In this episode, we replay the keynote fireside chat between Steve Crowe and Marc Raibert from the Robotics Summit & Expo 2023 . Marc Raibert founded Boston Dynamics in 1992 and recently left his leadership role at the company to found the AI Institute . In this conversation, Marc talks about the development of quadruped and bipedal robots over the years, and how Boston Dynamics evolved to its current product line. Marc also discusses some of the main technical challenges facing the robotics industry and the goals for the AI Institute. It was a notable conversation we believe you’ll enjoy. Marc Raibert (left) talks to Steve Crowe on stage at Robotics Summit 2023. | Credit: The Robot Report Episode timeline: 05:30 – News of the week 31:30 – Marc Raibert conversation with Steve Crowe News this week Humanoids ready to take first steps ASTM legged robotics committee proposes new test method ASTM WK86916 will target testing methods, terminologies, specifications, scope, ...

Iris Ohyama , a Japanese maker of appliances for the home, has made plans to acquire Smile Robotics , according to reporting from NikkeiAsia.  Iris Ohyama hopes to use Smile Robotics’ technology to develop robots in-house. Smile Robotics was launched out of the University of Tokyo in 2019 by Takashi Ogura, now the CEO of the company. The company is known for developing its Autonomous Clear Up Robot called ACUR-C.  ACUR-C is a mobile manipulator for restaurants, clinics, nursing homes, and other service settings that clean serve and clean up dishes. Unlike other serving robots, which are typically mobile robots with shelves for humans to place and pick up food on, Smile Robotics’ system has an autonomous robotic arm that allows the robot to transfer the dishes on its own. The robot is able to collect dishes up to 1 meter away from it and can carry multiple trays of food at once on its shelves. It can see 360º around itself using two laser sensors and four 3D cameras.  ...

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