Opinion & Briefings
Industry briefings, distilled for engineers
Daily industry briefings distilled from robotics research and industrial automation news — each links back to its original source.
ArchiveOpinion · Nov 15, 2024
SUI-SLAM: Semantics and Uncertainty Based Visual SLAM for Dynamic Indoor Environments
A visual SLAM algorithm integrating semantic segmentation and uncertainty estimation improves pose accuracy by up to 98.41% in high-dynamic indoor scenes.
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B-Spline Continuous-Time Trajectory Estimation: A Review
A review of B-spline-based continuous-time state estimation, covering theory, offline calibration, and online odometry applications.
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Survey on Exploration Policy Generation in Online Deep Reinforcement Learning
A Chinese journal survey classifies exploration methods for online deep RL by their relation to task policy, covering reward, parameter, and combined spaces.
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ArchiveOpinion · Nov 1, 2024
Third Wave Automation Raises $27M Series C to Scale Autonomous Forklifts
Third Wave Automation secures $27M led by Toyota's Woven Capital to scale its Shared Autonomy Platform and TWA Reach autonomous forklifts.
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ArchiveOpinion · Oct 31, 2024
Doosan Robotics to Showcase High-Payload Cobots at Pack Expo 2024
Doosan Robotics will demonstrate its latest high-payload collaborative robots, including the P3020 palletizing cobot, at Pack Expo 2024.
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ArchiveOpinion · Oct 29, 2024
Alphabet's Intrinsic moves to integrate platform more closely with ROS
Intrinsic showcases ROS integration with Flowstate at ROSCon 2024, enabling adaptive depalletizing with Comau.
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ArchiveOpinion · Oct 29, 2024
Nvidia Unveils Generative AI Tools, Simulation and Perception Workflows for Robotics at ROSCon
At ROSCon 2024, Nvidia introduced generative AI nodes, simulation workflows, and perception updates to accelerate ROS-based robot development.
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ArchiveOpinion · Oct 22, 2024
Nidec Machine Tool Opens New Factory in China to Meet Domestic Demand
Nidec Machine Tool completes a new factory in Pinghu, China, targeting production of 4 million units in the first year and 8 million by 2030.
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ArchiveOpinion · Oct 22, 2024
Simbe launches Brand Insights to give vendors daily shelf data
Simbe Robotics introduces Brand Insights, providing retailers' vendor partners with near real-time shelf intelligence to improve inventory and promotions.
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