This week, we talk to the founders of Robotics Operations Group (ROG) about the organization’s growth and the delivery of “RobOpsCon” earlier this week.
Applied Intuition lands robotics development contract with Army
The Army and DIU have selected Applied Intuition to deliver an end-to-end autonomy software development and testing platform.
OSARO, SVT Robotics partner on piece-picking system integration
OSARO customers gain access to SVT’s SOFTBOT Platform to simplify complex system integration.
Brain Corp announces third-gen BrainOS platform
Brain Corp announced the third generation of its autonomy platform for commercial robots, BrainOS.
ARGO AI shuts down; Covariant CEO discusses RaaS performance
On the podcast this week, we discuss the dissolution of Argo AI, the state of autonomous driving, and we learn about the new RaaS performance contract for Covariant.AI
Formant launches new freemium level for solution
Formant Studio is a free version of its flagship solution, built for ROS and targeted at startups.
PickNik Robotics wins Space Force, NASA contracts
PickNik Robotics announced that it recently won two contracts, a SpaceWERX contract and a NASA SBIR Phase I contract.
NVIDIA adds AMR fleet management tools to Isaac ROS
NVIDIA released the latest update to its Isaac Robot Operating System (ROS) software, Developer Preview (DP) 2.
Viam opens beta of new robotics platform; Amazon/FedEx end testing of delivery robots
This week, we discuss the news of Amazon ending the use of delivery robots and talk to Viam CEO Eliot Horowitz about its new robotics platform beta.
OTTO Motors releases new AMR software
A breakdown of some of the new features in the OTTO Motors’ 2.26 software release.
Foxglove brings in $15M, updates 3D panel
Foxglove, a company creating flexible, user-extensible developer tools, announced that it brought in $15 million in Series A funding.
Viam releases public beta of open-source software
The company announces its first public beta of a new operating system and operations software for robotics.
Linux embracing Rust will boost robotics community
Linux’s BDFL Linus Torvalds mentioned that the Rust programming language would be used in the upcoming Linux 6.1 kernel.
NVIDIA releases robotics development tools at GTC
NVIDIA released Jetson Orin Nano system-on-modules, updated its Nova Orin reference platform for autonomous mobile robots and announced cloud-based availability for its Isaac Sim technology.
Realtime Robotics integrates RapidPlan software with Siemens Process Simulate
The partnership will allow customers to use Realtime Robotics’ motion planning and control software without leaving Siemens Process Simulate.
Intel Labs research helps robots learn new objects after deployment
Intel Labs introduced a new approach to neural network-based object learning that uses interactive online object learning methods.
Polymath Robotics exits stealth with goal of plug-and-play autonomy
The company’s mission is to speed the development of autonomous mobile robots deployed in the field.
StradVision brings in $88M for autonomous vehicle software
StradVision’s SVNet is a deep learning-based perception software that powers the perception technology behind ADAS and autonomous vehicles.
Foxglove rolls out beta 3D panel
Foxglove announced that its rolling out a new beta version of its 3D panel for its development platform Foxglove Studio.
Microsoft’s Project AirSim tests, trains drones
Microsoft launched Project AirSim, a high-fidelity simulation platform for building, training and testing autonomous aircrafts.
David Pinn named CEO of Brain Corp
Pinn succeeds Eugene Izhikevich, the founder of the Brain Corp. Izhikevich will continue as the company’s executive chairman.
Brian Gerkey on the success of Open Robotics and ROS
This week, we talk to Brian Gerkey the co-founder and CEO of Open Robotics about ROS and open source software.