In Episode 170 of The Robotic Report Podcast, co-hosts Steve Crowe and Mike Oitzman focus on the most recent video from Boston Dynamics displaying Atlas electrical humanoid in an autonomous materials motion demo. The video reveals Atlas shifting automotive components from one storage bin to a different bin. The hosts focus on the distinctive facets of this video and the way Atlas seems to maneuver otherwise from the opposite aggressive humanoid robots in latest demonstration movies.
Learn the complete video overview right here: https://www.therobotreport.com/atlas-humanoid-robot-shows-increasing-competence-in-latest-boston-dynamics-video/
Featured interview
In our function interview this week, Mike Oitzman and Gene Demaitre sit down with Gili Ovadia, VP of Enterprise Improvement at BionicHive to be taught extra about their distinctive warehouse automation answer.
The BionicHive Squid cell robotic can drive alongside the ground of the warehouse, and climb into the warehouse racking to place or get bins/totes from storage areas on increased cabinets. We find out how the system works and focus on the place BionicHive is deploying these automated storage options.
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Study extra about BionicHive at: https://bionichive.com/
Present timeline
- 1:20 – Boston Dynamics humanoid video dialogue
- 16:55 – Information
- 27:05 – Interview with Gili Ovadia from BionicHive
NEWS OF THE WEEK
2025 RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards open for nominations
Submissions at the moment are open for the 2025 RBR50 innovation awards. This awards program celebrates robotics innovation in calendar 12 months 2024, and is open to any firm worldwide that produces robotics or automation options. To be taught extra about this system and submit a nomination kind, goto: https://www.therobotreport.com/2025-rbr50-robotics-innovation-awards-open-for-nominations/
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- 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, 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.
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- The deadline for submissions is Friday, December 20, 2024.
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Locus Robotics programs attain 4B picks as warehouse automation accelerates
Locus Robotics Corp. introduced that its autonomous cell robots have assisted in 4 billion picks throughout its buyer deployments worldwide. The corporate famous that this milestone got here simply six months after passing the three billion choose mark and displays its management within the warehouse automation {industry}.
“It is a really momentous second for everybody related to Locus Robotics – from our international crew of workers around the globe to our increasing base of consumers,” acknowledged CEO Rick Faulk. “Reaching the 4 billion milestone in report time demonstrates the unimaginable momentum we’re producing in warehouse automation.”
Along with the 4 billion-pick milestone, Locus just lately celebrated the grand opening of Locus Park, its new international headquarters in Wilmington, Mass. It’s now absolutely operational and residential to a whole bunch of New England-based workers.
China launches data-sharing initiative for humanoid builders
China has launched a data-sharing initiative for home humanoid firms to speed up innovation. The challenge is being spearheaded by the Nationwide Native Joint Humanoid Robotic Innovation Middle and varied Chinese language humanoid firms.
The Nationwide Native Joint Humanoid Robotic Innovation Middle (NLJIC), China’s first public platform devoted to the sort of robotic, can also be constructing a coaching floor for producers to gather high-quality information and promote industry-wide requirements. Xu Bin, common supervisor of the state-backed middle, instructed Chinese language media outlet Yicai International that like autonomous automobiles, “humanoid robots require giant volumes of high-quality information for improvement, and superior fashions demand even stricter information requirements.”
Bear Robotics Inc., which has beforehand created robots for the hospitality, healthcare, and retail sectors, final week introduced its foray into logistics. The corporate unveiled the Carti 100 robotic for materials dealing with duties in warehouses and distribution facilities.
Bear Robotics mentioned it constructed the Carti 100 to deal with the complicated calls for of factories and warehouses, supporting as much as 220 lbs (99.79 kg). It mentioned this ensures automated effectivity and precision whereas decreasing time beyond regulation.
One key function of the autonomous cell robotic (AMR) is its multi-robot orchestration. This allows clean collaboration throughout operations, boosting productiveness, and chopping prices, asserted the corporate.
The Carti 100 has an adaptable design appropriate for a variety of environments, together with brownfield and greenfield websites, multi-level areas, and mezzanines. The customizable robotic contains adjustable cabinets, sensible conveyor belts, and superior lighting to fulfill operational wants.
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