In Episode 172 of The Robotic Report Podcast, co-hosts Steve Crowe and Mike Oitzman compensate for the information of the week, together with a number of latest tales about self-driving automobiles. We additionally meet up with Yoshi Umeno and learn the way Kollmorgen helps purchasers 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 know-how, 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 obtainable 24/7. Greater than 300,000 folks have joined the waitlist for the reason that service’s launch eight months in the past.
Waymo has gained priceless suggestions from a whole bunch of hundreds of paid rides within the metropolis. Jimmy Kimmel just lately aired a humorous skit the place he tricked his aunt into taking a experience in a Waymo with out her data.
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 probably be restricted to the SoMa neighborhood and can solely be obtainable to Zoox workers.
Justice Division fines Cruise $500k for accident
Basic Motors’ self-driving automotive unit, Cruise, admitted to submitting a false report back to affect a federal investigation. It is going to pay a $500,000 legal high quality as a part of a deferred prosecution settlement, based on the U.S. Division of Justice.
Moxi reaches milestone of 100,000 autonomous elevator rides in hospitals
The flexibility of cellular manipulators to independently function elevators has been a long-anticipated objective within the robotics trade. Diligent Robotics’ Moxi has achieved this milestone in complicated healthcare environments.
Much like the method 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” method to coach Moxi’s autonomy and elevator interplay abilities.
2025 RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards open for nominations
Now you can submit nominations for the 2025 RBR50 innovation awards. They’ll acknowledge know-how and enterprise improvements within the calendar yr 2024, and the awards are open to any firm worldwide that produces robotics or automation.
The classes embrace:
- Applied sciences, merchandise, and companies: This class contains main or utilized analysis specializing in robotics and supporting applied sciences similar to movement management, imaginative and prescient, or machine studying. It additionally contains new merchandise and enterprise, engineering, or know-how companies.
- Enterprise and administration: This class covers initiatives positioning an organization as a market chief or a company as an necessary thought chief within the robotics ecosystem. Important mergers and acquisitions are related, as are provider, companion, and integrator relationships.
- Purposes and markets: The RBR50 will even acknowledge improvements that enhance productiveness, high quality, and cost-effectiveness, in addition to those who automate new duties.
As well as, the 2025 RBR50 awards will have a good time the next:
- Startup of the Yr
- Utility of the Yr
- Robotic of the Yr
- Robots for Good Award
The deadline for submissions is Friday, Dec. 20, 2024.
Podcast sponsored by RGO Robotics
The present this week is sponsored by RGO Robotics
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