Turning a technology developed inside a lab into a successful robotics company is no easy task. Howie Choset has done this several times with companies such as Medrobotics (surgical robots), Hebi Robotics (modular robots) and Bito Robotics (robot software). Choset will share insights about the robotics startups he founded and best practices for taking technological innovation from an idea to reality.
Laura Major, Chief Technology Officer at Motional, will discuss the company’s approach to developing SAE Level 4 autonomous vehicles (AVs) that can safely navigate complex road scenarios. As part of the discussion, Laura will cover the core challenges of AVs, deep learning advancements, and Motional’s innovative Machine Learning-first solutions.
Commercialization is the impact point where all expectations for your product are tested – right when it hits the market. Successful commercialization is good for the individual company and the Robotics industry as a whole. Success leads to more products – whether they are follow-on, derivative, or brand-new new ideas. Learn from three Robotics industry experts about developing strategic partnerships to expedite commercial expansion and the steps required to succeed in this process. Gain insights on navigating the non-linear road to commercialization as these executives share their experience and thoughts on the need for precision and detail-oriented partners.
Commercial depth sensors have been a tremendous asset to kick-starting and developing robot platforms; however, off-the-shelf sensing can constrain your project through a variety of means. Whether it is the software integration that falls short or the initial hardware offering falls outside the scope of critical performance requirements, users often find themselves left wanting on a number of different axes. As a result, more robotics companies are choosing to “roll their own depth” by combining off-the-shelf components with available compute and software to create and maintain a depth stack that fits with the evolving needs of their platform. In this talk, we’ll cover what we’ve learned it takes to build depth, from optics and compute selection to industrial design considerations and software requirements.
With the rapid acceleration of robot deployments, the need for heterogeneous fleet management will become standard. In this session, Intrinsic will share recent developments in the Open-RMF platform and present use cases where it has been deployed. Intrinsic will also present a roadmap about the future of Open-RMF and interoperability and some of its latest tools and capabilities, including:
– Multi-agent planning framework – Mapf is a library for cooperative path finding
– Task Management – the latest improvements including a flexible task framework to allow custom task definitions, multi-phase tasks, prioritization and more
– Site Editor – a desktop or web utility to visualize and edit large deployment sites
– Crowd Simulation – a plugin to simulate human actors with multiple behaviors
– Obstacle Detectors – packages that infer the presence of obstacles from sensor inputs including LIDAR or 2D/3D cameras
Force and torque sensing play key roles in enabling surgical robotics, including at the tip of the instrument, trocar location/tissue contact, surgeon collaboration and the surgeon interface. During this session, attendees will learn about 13 core specifications for haptic sensors and the current state-of-the-art of what’s possible. This talk will detail best practices for implementing haptic sensors into surgical robots, including:
– Thermal compensation and considerations under surgical drapes
– Grounding & shielding inside ultra-compact robotic joints
– Engineered cable assemblies for high-flex, multidimensional, tight-bend application
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