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 by Staff Writers San Jose CA (SPX) Jun 30, 2022
Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (Nasdaq: VLDR, VLDRW) has announced a multi-year agreement for its lidar sensors with Boston Dynamics, the global leader in mobile robotics. Boston Dynamics selected Velodyne's sensors to provide perception and navigation capabilities for its highly mobile robots, which are capable of tackling the toughest robotics challenges. Velodyne's lidar sensor solutions enable mobile robots to operate autonomously and safely, without human intervention. They provide real-time 3D perception data for localization, mapping, object classification and object tracking. Velodyne's power-efficient sensors support autonomous mobile robots in a wide range of challenging indoor and outdoor environmental conditions, including varying temperature, lighting and precipitation. "Boston Dynamics has signed a supply agreement with Velodyne Lidar, and we are excited to continue working together to enhance and extend the capabilities of mobile robots,'' said Eric Landry, Director Supply Chain, Boston Dynamics. "Boston Dynamics robots provide advanced mobility, dexterity and intelligence that enable automation in unfamiliar and unpredictable settings," said Laura Wrisley, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales, Velodyne Lidar. "Equipped with Velodyne's lidar sensors, their robots can autonomously navigate complex environments. They can safely avoid obstacles and find the fastest route to perform vital tasks in environments from manufacturing plants and construction sites to distribution centers and warehouses."
Tough new robots will aim to think and act for themselves on Earth and beyond Manchester UK (SPX) Jun 29, 2022 A new generation of smart robots is being developed at The University of Manchester as part of an ambitious R and D programme to help the UK maintain its leadership in automatation technologies, These new AI-powered machines will be designed to think and act for themselves in some of the most hazardous and toughest places on Earth - and beyond. These robots will be challenged to carry out work too dangerous for humans, 'Hot robotic' systems were originally designed to work in radioactive env ... read more
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