On this episode, we discuss to Matt Casella from Richtech Robotics in regards to the Adam bartending robotic, after which to Chris Padwick from John Deere about creating imaginative and prescient fashions for spraying weeds within the subject. Each interviews occurred through the NVIDIA GTC24 occasion in March, and each corporations leverage NVIDIA know-how of their robotic options.
Richtech Robotics: https://www.richtechrobotics.com/John Deere Autonomous Options: https://www.deere.com/en/sprayers/see-spray/
Present Timeline
23:54 Interview with Matt Casella, CEO of Richtech Robotics
44:14 Interview with Chris Padwick, Director of Machine Imaginative and prescient Studying, from John Deere
Information from the week
This week, Boston Dynamics unveiled the electrical Atlas humanoid robotic
On Tuesday this week, Boston Dynamics retired the earlier model of Atlas after about 15 years of growth. It paved the way in which for quite a few different humanoid robots. As lots of you’ve in all probability seen on YouTube, Atlas was surprisingly agile, given its hydraulics and bulk. In actual fact, Atlas received an RBR50 award for its demonstration of working and delivering instruments at a simulated development website at Boston Dynamics’ Waltham headquarters. On the similar time, the corporate has not been shy about displaying the various falls and missteps on the way in which to profitable bipedal locomotion and more and more dexterous manipulation.
On Wednesday, Boston Dynamics introduced a brand new, all-electric model supposed for eventual business use.
Mentee Robotics decloaks and unveils Mentee humanoid robotic
Mentee Robotics got here out of stealth in the present day and unveiled its first bipedal humanoid robotic prototype. An skilled staff based the Herzliya, Israel firm in 2022. It consists of Prof. Amnon Shashua, the chairman of Mentee Robotics, an skilled in AI, laptop imaginative and prescient, pure language processing and different associated fields.
The corporate‘s founders additionally embody Prof. Lior Wolf, the CEO of Mentee Robotics and previously a analysis scientist and director at Fb AI Analysis, and Prof. Shai Shalev-Shwartz, a pc scientist and machine studying researcher.
Locus Robotics surpasses 3B picks simply 33 weeks after its final milestone
Locus Robotics Corp. in the present day introduced that it has surpassed 3 billion whole picks throughout its international buyer deployments. The corporate reached this milestone simply 33 weeks after it recorded its 2 billionth decide. It claimed that the achievement underscores its continued speedy development and solidifies its place as a frontrunner in autonomous robotics automation for the warehouse.
BREAKING STORY: CA Committee Passes Autonomous Automobile Ban Laws
On Wednesday, the California Senate Committee on Native Authorities handed autonomous car laws (SB 915) permitting native municipalities to ban and tax AV deployment. Final 12 months was considered one of California’s deadliest for roadway fatalities, largely due to human behaviors together with distracted driving, drunk driving, and rushing. The laws by Sen. Cortese takes management away from state-level companies just like the DMV and California Public Utilities Fee (CPUC) which have accepted the rollout of protected autonomous automobiles.