November 12, 2024

Listen to this article Waymo said its vehicles are already serving more than 100,000 paid trips every week across its deployment sites. | Source: Waymo Anyone in Los Angeles can now take fully autonomous rides with Waymo One. The company, whose service area covers Santa Monica, Hollywood Boulevard, USC, and everything in between, has removed its waitlist in the city and is open 24/7. It’s only been about eight months since Waymo launched its limited

Listen to this article While Johnson & Johnson has mostly kept its Ottava surgical robot under wraps, it said the system offers surgical teams the freedom and flexibility to adapt to clinical workflows and individualize patient needs. | Source: Adobe Stock Johnson & Johnson MedTech announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted its Ottava surgical robot investigational device exemption, or IDE. The regulatory nod comes just under a month after the company

Listen to this article Product teams need to consider how to safely shut down humanoids in the case of an error or emergency. | Credit: This image was created by Adobe Firefly AI and modified by The Robot Report The IEEE Humanoids Study Group was formed in June 2024 and initiated the process of evaluating the current safety standards that might impact the safe design and deployment of humanoid robots. The group’s goal is not

Listen to this article With Rockwell Automation’s Emulate3D digital twin software, users can identify potential control issues preemptively, saving valuable time and resources during implementation. | Source: Rockwell Automation Rockwell Automation is integrating NVIDIA Omniverse application programming interfaces (APIs) into its Emulate3D digital twin software. Rockwell Automation said this integration will enhance factory operations through artificial intelligence (AI) and physics-based simulation technology. Rockwell Automation’s Emulate3D software uses NVIDIA Omniverse APIs to create factory-scale dynamic digital

In the race to develop robust perception systems for robots, one persistent challenge has been operating in bad weather and harsh conditions. For example, traditional, light-based vision sensors such as cameras or LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) fail in heavy smoke and fog. However, nature has shown that vision doesn’t have to be constrained by light’s limitations — many organisms have evolved ways to perceive their environment without relying on light. Bats navigate using the

Listen to this article The New York Robotics Network is building a community in the metro area and worldwide. Credit: Adobe Stock As robots spread from factories and warehouses around the world, robotics clusters are popping up wherever there’s a critical mass of industrial need, skilled workers, and innovative entrepreneurs. Since 2021, the New York Robotics Network has been growing and organizing events to help startups, engineers, investors, and end users connect. The organization said