Global Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

A Universal Robots collaborative robot arm with a Robotiq gripper. | Source: Robotiq ASTM International announced that its robotics, automation and autonomous systems committee is developing a standard, WK83863 , based on the grasp strength of robot end-effectors .  The proposed standard is for a test method that evaluates an end-effector’s grasp strength to better determine its capabilities like limits of payload size and resistance to pull and push forces during operation.  The standard outlines two major types of grasps: pinch and wrap. With a pinch grasp, the standard will measure how well the end-effector performs precision grasping. An end effector’s performance with power grasping is measured with a wrap grasp.  Robotics Summit (May 10-11) returns to Boston Register Today “These grasp-type end-effector performance standards will be useful to producers of these technologies as methods to characterize their performance, ultimately helping both end-users...

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News: Using AI, startup ensures quality in grading and sorting fruits, vegetables Global Conferences on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics 5th Edition of Conferences on 27-28 March 2023, Malaysia Visit: … https://artificial-intel ligence-conferences.sciencefather.com Nominate Now: https:// x-i.me/aircsent3 Contact us :ai@sciencefather.com A Mumbai-based startup aims to ensure uniformity in grading and sorting fruits and vegetables using artificial intelligence. Started in 2018 by mechanical engineers Khistij Thakur and Rakesh Barai, Agrograde aims to provide farmers and farmer-producer companies (FPC) with an easy labour-saving device to sort and grade their produce. Artificial intelligence and video imaging are at the core of this device. Thakur said this device’s genesis lay in their initial days of entrepreneurship when they wanted to solve the issue of returns of footwear ordered through e-commerce platforms. In 2018, when they were in the third year of their mechanical engine...

Pudu Robotics’ recently upgraded PuduBot 2. | Source: Pudu Robotics Pudu Robotics announced that it brought in over $15 million in Series C3 funding. The round was exclusively invested by Puhua Capital, with Taihecap continuing to serve as the exclusive financial advisor.  Pudu Robotics’ current lineup of robots includes the PuduBot, PuduBot 2, BellaBot, KettyBot, HolaBot and SwiftBot, which are all for indoor deliveries, the Flashbot for outdoor deliveries, PUDU CC1 and PUDU SH1 for cleaning and its disinfection robot the Puductor 2.  The company plans to use the latest round of funding to build a new production base, expanding its production capacity. Pudu Robotics also hopes to develop more products for commercial cleaning scenarios.  Recently, Pudu Robotics has been focusing on growing its impact globally. The company currently has a presence in 600 cities in more than 60 countries and regions around the world. The cumulative global shipments of all Pudu robots...

Canonical announced the general availability of real-time Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Real-time Ubuntu provides a deterministic response to an external event, aiming to minimize the response time guarantee within a specified deadline. The new enterprise-grade real-time kernel is ideal for stringent low-latency requirements. Enterprises in industrial, telecommunications, automotive, aerospace and defense, as well as public sector and retail, can now run their most demanding workloads and develop a wide range of time-sensitive applications on the open-source operating system (OS). “The real-time Ubuntu kernel delivers industrial-grade performance and resilience for software-defined manufacturing, monitoring and operational tech”, said Mark Shuttleworth, CEO at Canonical. “Ubuntu is now the world’s best silicon-optimized AIOT platform on NVIDIA, Intel, MediaTek, and AMD-Xilinx silicon”. Optimal compute and deterministic performance for time-sensitive applications Based on the 5.15 version of t...

Third Wave Automation (TWA) announced that it brought in a strategic investment from Qualcomm Ventures and Zebra Technologies. The latest investment brings the company’s total funding since it was founded in 2018 to $70 million.  TWA brought in $15 million in 2020 as its Series A round and raised another $40 million in 2021, meaning this investment could be for up to $15 million.  This investment will help TWA invest in new products, as its autonomous forklift product, Third Wave Automation Reach, expands its select pilot programs. TWA Reach is a fully automated reach truck that can handle any pallet or payload from the warehouse floor to the rack. The system uses TWA’s core automation technology and collaborative autonomy platform which enables remote operation and assistance, intelligent fleet management and continuous learning capabilities.  “After successfully deploying our solution with key pilot customers, we are excited to expand the TWA Reach pilot program. T...

Robot installations hit an all-time high in 2021, with the International Federation of Robotics’ (IFR) data showing over 500,000 new industrial robots were installed that year . In North America, robot sales hit an all-time high for the second year in a row in 2022 , according to the Associate for Advancing Automation (A3), bringing in $2.38 billion. With such a rapidly growing industry, it can be difficult to keep track of all the ways it’s changing as more robots are out working. The IFR identified five trends it thinks will be big for the robotics industry in 2023.   1. Energy efficiency Energy efficiency is key to improving companies’ competitiveness amid rising energy costs. The adoption of robotics helps in many ways to lower energy consumption in manufacturing. Compared to traditional assembly lines, considerable energy savings can be achieved through reduced heating. At the same time, robots work at high speed thus increasing production rates so that manufacturing...