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Realtime Robotics appoints Ville Lehtonen vice president of product

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Optimization evaluates multiple paths, sequences, poses, end-of-arm tool rotations, and interlocks for robots within a workcell. Source: Realtime Robotics. Lehtonen brings experience in technology, product, and management, said Realtime Robotics. He most recently served as head of product at Pickle Robot Co.

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MIT: LucidSim training system helps robots close Sim2Real gap

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Since the 1970s, the field has evolved from writing sophisticated programs to using deep learning, teaching robots to learn directly from human behavior. But a critical bottleneck remains: data quality. To improve, robots need to encounter scenarios that push the boundaries of their capabilities, operating at the edge of their mastery.

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Contoro picks up $12M to scale container unloading robots

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States Logistics in California was an early user of Contoros truck-unloading robot. Contoro Robotics today said it has raised $12 million in Series A funding to scale its artificial intelligence-powered robots. Contoro is a spinoff from Harmonic Bionics, he told The Robot Report. after a week.

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Automatic gripper changes can add flexibility in manufacturing

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Source: Tezmaksan Robot Technologies Production manufacturing demands are increasingly diverse, so adaptability and efficiency are essential, according to Hakan Aydogdu, CEO of Tezmaksan Robot Technologies. Similar to a traffic jam, bottlenecks are often a localized issue that cause widespread disruption.

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NASA spinoff Seatrec offers a new power source for underwater robots

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Source: Seatrec Around 80% of the ocean floor remains uncharted today, and for good reason. Robots will likely be a key driver of this exploration, but they have their own limitations. based company said its technology can allow robots to work in the open ocean indefinitely and without any intervention. “I Seatrec Inc.

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AI researchers launch AnySense app for gathering visual training data

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[link] A group of researchers at New York University have developed and launched AnySense, an iOS app optimized for gathering visual training data for generalizable robotics models. To support the capture of RUM training data, the Generalizable Robotics and AI Lab (GRAIL lab) at NYU created “the Stick.”

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Rockwell Automation adds NVIDIA Omniverse to digital twin software

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Source: Rockwell Automation Rockwell Automation is integrating NVIDIA Omniverse application programming interfaces (APIs) into its Emulate3D digital twin software. As lines scale, larger digital twins require more computational power, risking bottlenecks.