by David Peters | Mar 6, 2017 | 3D Vision Guidance, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Neocortex, Neocortex G2R Cell, Random Bin Picking, Robot Vision Guidance, Robotics, Robotics Business
A Neocortex® G2R (Goods to Robot) Cell is easy to deploy, like a collaborative robot. Yet it is uses an industrial Yaskawa Motoman robot with up to twice the capacity and 150% the speed of a collaborative robot (up to 800 items per hour). How easy to deploy is the...
by David Peters | Jun 18, 2015 | Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Neocortex, Robotics, Robotics Business
Frank Tobe’s article in Robohub regarding what’s hot in robotics reads like a who’s who of companies providing state-of-the-art applications in robotics. He breaks down the trends into four buckets, one of which I’d like to address – Advances in Visual Perception....
by David Peters | Nov 12, 2014 | Artificial Intelligence, Robotics
Would you like to hear some good news? Here’s a great example of people making a difference – bringing high touch to high tech, while backing it up with their wallet. Today, a new International Council on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (iCAIR) was...
by David Peters | Sep 19, 2014 | 3D Vision Guidance, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Neocortex, Robot Vision Guidance, Robotics
Robotic material handling occurs in unstructured environments. In addition, the objects to be moved or manipulated by the robot often have never been seen before, vary constantly, and are in random locations. In the past, there was a tradeoff between throughput and...
by David Peters | Sep 9, 2014 | 3D Vision Guidance, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robot Vision Guidance, Robotic Order Fulfillment, Robotics, Robotics Business
In a recent article, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) points out that spending on robots worldwide is expected to grow from $15 billion in 2010 to $67 billion in 2025. The $52 billion increase in 15 years is a compounded annual growth rate of 10%. They attribute this...
by David Peters | Aug 29, 2014 | Artificial Intelligence, Cybernetics, eCommerce, Machine Learning, Neocortex, Robotic Order Fulfillment, Robotics, Robotics Business
Clint Reiser points out in the linked article that a new revolution in supply chain analytics is occurring. There is new level of data detail, it’s coming at us faster, providing bigger patterns and better insights. The detail isn’t just point-of-sale...
by David Peters | Aug 20, 2014 | Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotics, Robotics Business
As noted by ImpactLab.net, Pew Research questioned 1,896 experts about whether artificial intelligence (AI) applications and robots will have displaced more jobs than they have created by 2025. Fifty-two percent think more jobs will be created, 48% think more jobs...
by David Peters | Aug 14, 2014 | 3D Vision Guidance, Artificial Intelligence, eCommerce, Machine Learning, Neocortex, Random Bin Picking, Robot Vision Guidance, Robotic Order Fulfillment, Robotics, Robotics Business
Note from Bob Ferrari’s Post on Aug 7, 2014 entitled Permanent Shifts in Consumer Shopping Trends Have Supply Chain Implications. He comments on a quote in the article: Online Customer Fulfillment, Retail Supply Chain, Supply Chain Business Process that cites...
by David Peters | Aug 12, 2014 | Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence is taking yet another step forward. Here’s an update on a new effort by those who helped create Apple’s Siri. It’s consumer friendly, and teaches itself as it goes. Sounds familiar… 🙂 Siri’s Inventors Are Building a...
by David Peters | Aug 8, 2014 | 3D Vision Guidance, Artificial Intelligence, Cybernetics, Neocortex, Robotics, Robotics Business
Check out this interesting article on advances in deep learning for robots: Robots Helped Inspire Deep Learning and Might Become Its Killer App? It’s worth comparing/contrasting between deep learning techniques and Neocortex. Neocortex is Universal Robotics’ patented...
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