Technologies

Motional’s nuReality set of VR environments are designed to study interactions between autonomous vehicles and pedestrians.

Featuring an 176 lb payload capacity, the PL80 robot offers a 81.1 inch horizontal reach, 129.5 inch vertical reach and 0.03 mm repeatability.

The i-BMS features battery hot swapping functionality and advanced software to maximize battery use and increase a robot’s uptime.

ABB is installing Sevensense’s autonomous navigation technology into its mobile robots.

The new Multiturn Inductive Angle Encoder can be used for robot joints, servo motors, cartesian robots and more.

Quanergy Systems’ new M1 Edge 2D LiDAR sensor has up to 8 evaluation fields, with up to three detection zones within each evaluation field.

MIT’s researchers have taught a simulated robotic hand to manipulate objects with one hand facing upwards and downwards.

Waymo’s robotaxis face unique challenges driving in San Francisco, where there’s a one in three chance of fog every day.

FANUC America’s LR-10iA/10 robot is designed for machine tending, assembly, dispensing, material removal, picking, packaging and part transfer.

Cognex said logistics was its largest end market. It added that the rise of e-commerce, shortening of supply chains, and adoption of automation are driving revenue.

The Ouster DF series offers short, mid, and long-range LiDARs that create 3D point clouds up to 200 meters away on low reflective objects.

The uEye+ cameras can be used with robots that navigate autonomously or for robots that pick up and manipulate items.

The camera delivers 640 x 480 depth resolution at up to an 8.3m working distance and a frame rate of 30 fps in standard mode. In High-Speed Mode the Helios2+ camera can run up to 103 fps at 2.5m distance.

Modern car design offers many suitable options for mounting autonomous vehicle sensors. A Classic Austin Mini Cooper does not.

The first autonomous race at Indy Motor Speedway was a huge success and great entertainment.

ATI said the Mini43LP is well suited for small delicate operations such as the assembly of electronic components or optics, product research and testing applications, laboratory automation, robotic surgery, and more.

The $349 camera supports NVIDIA’s Jetson edge AI and Isaac robotics platforms to deliver real-time depth perception.

The mobile base of TurtleBot 4 is built on the iRobot Create 3 educational robot, which provides an IMU, optical floor tracking sensor, and wheel encoders for accurate positioning and localization.

MuJoCo, which stands for Multi-Joint Dynamics with Contact, has been the physics simulator of choice for DeepMind’s robotics team.

Fortress, the sixth major release of the Ignition Gazebo simulation software, is a long-term release that will be supported until September 2026.

Cogniteam said Nimbus OS eases integration of spatial awareness tools, obstacle identification, navigation systems, cameras, LiDAR, and more.

Heidenhain’s MRS encoder module series for robotic arms has been redesigned embedded bearings to better withstand outside tilting forces.