In the UR survey, more than 50% responded that they already harness artificial intelligence and machine learning in their production.
RBR50 Spotlight: Doosan Robotics’ Dart-Suite brings app ease to cobot programming
Doosan introduced Dart-Suite with an integrated development environment that allows customers to create modules for their specific needs.
Webinar: Learn about software and systems to enable the intelligent warehouse
This week’s free webinar on the intelligent warehouse will feature international experts discussing developments in software and robotics.
Polymath Robotics to share lessons learned as a SaaS-based startup at RoboBusiness
Ilia Baranov, CEO of Polymath Robotics, will share war stories and strategies to launch a robotics effort as a SaaS-focused company.
How NVIDIA’s Isaac Lab can accelerate robot learning in simulation
NVIDIA Isaac Lab can create modular, high-fidelity simulations for diverse training environments to provide physical AI capabilities.
MIT CSAIL teaches robots to do chores using Real-to-Sim-to-Real
When paired with real-world data, the RialTo system created at MIT CSAIL outperformed traditional imitation learning methods.
NVIDIA adds tools it says will accelerate development of humanoid robots
NVIDIA announced at SIGGRAPH new microservices, cloud orchestration, and training workflows for humanoid robotics development.
How robotics can optimize every step of the growing cycle
CNH has over 180 years of experience working with farmers, and now provides automated farm equipment to make farms more efficient.
Indy Autonomous Challenge racecar sets self-driving hill climb speed record
The Indy Autonomous Challenge set a new autonomous vehicle speed record at the 2024 Goodwood Festival of Speed with the new AV-24 vehicle.
Continental develops mobile robot software for logistics, ag with AWS
Continental is using AWS cloud services to accelerate innovation in its mobile robot software stack for new markets such as agriculture.
Humanoid robots need pilot studies to demonstrate utility, says Silicon Foundry
Silicon Foundry associate Lucas Tesler explains why humanoid robotics developers should conduct pilot testing well before commercial rollouts.
Helm.ai launches VidGen-1 generative video model for autonomous vehicles, robots
Helm.ai says its new VidGen-1 model can cut development time and cost for Level 2 to 4 autonomous vehicles, robots, and drones.
Meili, WAKU collaborating on robot software
New software will combine Meili Robots’ expertise in fleet management with the WAKU Care robot service platform.
NVIDIA Research to present simulation, generative AI advances at SIGGRAPH
NVIDIA Research plans to show how its simulation research is improving AI models, as well as how such models can help simulation and robotics.
Jacobi Robotics raises $5M for motion planning software
Jacobi Robotics also released its Palletizer software, the first in a series of solutions targeting specific applications.
Skild AI grabs $300M to build foundation model for robotics
Skild AI will use the funding to build its model and training datasets for commercial deployment. It’s also hiring across AI, robotics, engineering, operations, and security.
Bright Machines plans to expand assembly software stack with $126M in funding
This latest funding round brings Bright Machines total funding since it was founded in 2018 to $400 million.
Top 10 robotics stories of June 2024
From exciting deployments and humanoid robotics developments to emerging partnerships, there was no shortage of robotics news to cover in June 2024.
Realtime Robotics Optimization system for workcell motion planning wins IERA recognition
Realtime Robotics’ Optimization as a service offering has been honored for innovation and commercialization.
Formic brings in $27.4M to expand its global fleet, increase support network
Since its previous funding, Formic’s fleet of robotic equipment has completed 100,000 production hours at more than 99% uptime.
RTI Connext to deliver real-time data connectivity to NVIDIA Holoscan
RTI Connext provides reliable communications for users of NVIDIA’s Holoscan SDK to speed development of devices such as surgical robots.
GrayMatter raises $45M Series B to ease robot programming for manufacturers
GrayMatter Robotics says its AI-based systems can double or quadruple productivity as its customer base grows and hires more staffers.