In Episode 172 of The Robotic Report Podcast, co-hosts Steve Crowe and Mike Oitzman atone for the information of the week, together with a number of current tales about self-driving automobiles. We additionally meet up with Yoshi Umeno and learn the way Kollmorgen helps shoppers design and construct surgical robots.
Featured interview with ABB
Within the featured interview this week, Oitzman catches up with Marc Segura, president of ABB Robotics, to learn the way the firm is utilizing synthetic intelligence to make robotics simpler to program and deploy.
Present timeline
- 7:50 – Information
- 22:22 – Kayleen Brown interviews Yoshi Umeno from Kollmorgen (sponsored by Kollmorgen)
- 29:50 – Interview with Marc Segura, president of ABB Robotics
Information of the week
Schaeffler plans international use of Agility Robotics’ Digit humanoid
Schaeffler, a worldwide chief in movement expertise, has invested in Agility Robotics and plans to make use of Digit in its international operations. This follows profitable Agility pilot deployments with Amazon and GXO Logistics.
Waymo robotaxi service opens to the general public in Los Angeles
Waymo has expanded its robotaxi service in Los Angeles, eradicating the waitlist and making it accessible 24/7. Greater than 300,000 individuals have joined the waitlist for the reason that service’s launch eight months in the past.
Waymo has gained useful suggestions from lots of of 1000’s of paid rides within the metropolis. Jimmy Kimmel lately aired a humorous skit the place he tricked his aunt into taking a journey in a Waymo with out her information.
Zoox is now testing its robotaxis in San Francisco
Zoox, an Amazon subsidiary, is increasing its robotaxi testing to San Francisco and Las Vegas. Whereas the corporate is just not but providing public rides in both metropolis, it plans to launch the Las Vegas service in early 2025.
Preliminary testing in San Francisco will likely be restricted to the SoMa neighborhood and can solely be accessible to Zoox workers.
Justice Division fines Cruise $500k for accident
Common Motors’ self-driving automobile unit, Cruise, admitted to submitting a false report back to affect a federal investigation. It is going to pay a $500,000 felony fantastic as a part of a deferred prosecution settlement, in response to the U.S. Division of Justice.
Moxi reaches milestone of 100,000 autonomous elevator rides in hospitals
The power of cell manipulators to independently function elevators has been a long-anticipated objective within the robotics trade. Diligent Robotics’ Moxi has achieved this milestone in advanced healthcare environments.
Just like the strategy taken by Relay Robots, Moxi makes use of a single arm to work together with doorways and elevator buttons. Nevertheless, Diligent Robotics employed a “people within the loop” strategy to coach Moxi’s autonomy and elevator interplay expertise.
2025 RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards open for nominations
Now you can submit nominations for the 2025 RBR50 innovation awards. They’ll acknowledge expertise and enterprise improvements within the calendar yr 2024, and the awards are open to any firm worldwide that produces robotics or automation.
The classes embody:
- Applied sciences, merchandise, and companies: This class contains main or utilized analysis specializing in robotics and supporting applied sciences akin to movement management, imaginative and prescient, or machine studying. It additionally contains new merchandise and enterprise, engineering, or expertise companies.
- Enterprise and administration: This class covers initiatives positioning an organization as a market chief or a corporation as an necessary thought chief within the robotics ecosystem. Vital mergers and acquisitions are related, as are provider, accomplice, and integrator relationships.
- Functions and markets: The RBR50 may even acknowledge improvements that enhance productiveness, high quality, and cost-effectiveness, in addition to people who automate new duties.
As well as, the 2025 RBR50 awards will have a good time the next:
- Startup of the Yr
- Software of the Yr
- Robotic of the Yr
- Robots for Good Award
The deadline for submissions is Friday, Dec. 20, 2024.
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