In Episode 179 of The Robotic Report Podcast, we characteristic an interview with Anders Folgelberg, founder and CEO of FlexQube, a Swedish firm specializing in modular materials dealing with programs.
Folgelberg and co-host Mike Oitzman talk about FlexQube’s modern method to manufacturing, the transition from handbook carts to automated programs, and the firm‘s imaginative and prescient for the way forward for robotics in materials dealing with. Fogelberg emphasizes the significance of modularity, buyer expertise, and the evolving panorama of the autonomous cellular robotic (AMR) market.
FlexQube is pushed by the necessity for effectivity and security, and the shift towards automation in materials dealing with is clear. The corporate’s Navigator AMR integrates with present FlexQube carts, aiming for a seamless buyer transition.
With a imaginative and prescient to be the “Netflix of AMRs,” specializing in software and buyer expertise, Fogelberg mentioned FlexQube’s merchandise are designed for fast meeting and customization. The corporate is exploring partnerships to increase its AMR choices, recognizing that the way forward for materials dealing with doubtless includes a hybrid mannequin combining conventional strategies with superior robotics.
Present timeline
- 7:44 – Information of the week
- 23:33 – Interview with Ander Folgelberg
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Information of the week
Humanoid information this week
- Pudu unveiled its new D9 humanoid robotic, which is aiming for “commercially viable embodied intelligence” and contains the DH11 dexterous hand.
- Sanctuary demonstrated a hydraulic linked hand that it claimed is extra dexterous than electrical or cable tendon-based arms. There has additionally been a management change on the firm with the departure of Geordie Rose and Chief Working Officer James Wells getting the promotion to CEO.
- Apptronik has partnered with Google DeepMind to advance humanoid robots. The businesses mentioned the strategic partnership will mix synthetic intelligence with robotics {hardware}, enabling humanoids to be extra useful to folks in dynamic environments. Google DeepMind claimed that it’s growing “AI programs that may assist robotics functions, enabling reasoning and motion in the true world.”
- Investor and columnist Oliver Mitchell broke down the expansion of humanoid robots in 2024 and cited knowledge from a number of current stories available on the market. In his publish, Mitchell additionally recapped a dialogue with Nic Radford of Persona AI.
Autonomous automobile information
- Waymo robotaxis head to Tokyo
- The primary all-electric Jaguar I-PACEs for Waymo will arrive in Tokyo in early 2025. Its accomplice, Nihon Kotsu, Tokyo’s largest taxi firm, will oversee the administration and servicing of the automobiles. The companions are coaching Nihon Kotsu’s crew on working automobiles outfitted with Waymo’s autonomous driving system.
- This information got here only a few weeks after Waymo introduced it could start testing its all-electric Jaguar I-PACEs on Miami’s streets. By means of its new fleet partnership with Moove, the corporate’s Waymo One robotaxi service shall be open to riders in Miami in 2026.
- Waymo mentioned it’s participating with Japanese policymakers, regulators, and native security officers to make sure a accountable and seamless implementation of self-driving automobiles on Tokyo’s streets.
NVIDIA Information
- NVIDIA dropped the brand new Jetson Orin Nano Tremendous developer equipment and lower the worth in half this week, and launched the Jetson Orin Nano Tremendous Developer Package. The brand new software program launch will increase generative AI workload efficiency from 40 trillion operations per second (TOPS) to 67 TOPS and reminiscence bandwidth from 68 GB/s to 102 GB/s. The Nano is the smallest laptop produced by NVIDIA. This edge laptop is appropriate for battery-powered cellular robotics. The Orin Nano 4GB Developer Package additionally has a brand new listing value of $249, down from $499. The results of the worth break and efficiency enhancements is a 3.5x higher worth, asserted NVIDIA.
Podcast sponsored by FlexQube
The present this week is sponsored by FlexQube. Transfer materials with any measurement, form, and weight with the FlexQube Navigator AMR, the world’s first multi-purpose and non-load carrying robotic.
The FlexQube Navigator AMR encompasses a standardized coupling interface to attach with an ecosystem of various load carriers relying on the client’s wants.
The system additionally encompasses a safety-rated identification of load service footprint to safe a protected and environment friendly scale-up of various use instances in a manufacturing facility or warehouse.
FlexQube Navigator – robotics that delivers!
To study extra about FlexQube’s options, go to: https://www.flexqube.com
