People in Robotics

It seems that new developments in generative AI happen on a daily basis, where especially ChatGPT from OpenAI is drawing the most attention. But the technology has existed longer than that, and various parties have already developed well-performing AI-applications. Rocking Robots spoke with Reiner Bruns, CTO of the Dutch company Scotty Technologies, about the impact the current hype has on the market for AI.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researcher Markus Nemitz is the recipient of a $599,815 CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation to develop an innovative architecture for low-cost custom robots capable of traversing challenging terrains by swimming, crawling, climbing, and diving through hostile and confined spaces as part of search-and-rescue operations.

FastPath Automation, a provider of Intelligent Automation solutions, has recently joined the ranks of the international enterprise, Future WorkForce. This integration aims to help Future WorkForce better serve the Benelux market, driving innovation among its customers and partners. Rocking Robots interviewed Edwin Provoost to gain insights into the strategic rationale behind this move.

Teradyne has named Ujjwal Kumar as Group President – Teradyne Robotics. Kumar’s 25-year career has spanned multiple industries and major multi-national corporations, including General Motors, General Electric, and Honeywell. Kumar succeeds Greg Smith who was promoted to Teradyne’s CEO in February this year.

In this report from automatica Volker Spanier, Head of Manufacturing Solutions Epson EMEAR, marks the 40th anniversary of Epsons open-market robot sales while also commemorating the tenth year of Automatica. He discusses challenges and opportunities A key obstacle is a scarcity of skilled labor. There’s a common misconception that robots eliminate jobs. But on the contrary, automation helps to retain jobs.

At automatica it was hard to miss the presence of the Danish robotics industry. Especially the robotics cluster of Odense was prominently represented, both in a pavilion and in the startup arena. During the event Odense robotics signed a partnership with Pittsburgh Robotics Network, a key hub in the US. And after an intensive pitch process and questioning from an expert panel, Aim Robotics emerged as the winners of the 2023 Odense Investor Summit. In this report Marco van der Hoeven from Rocking Robots discusses this with Søren Elmer Kristensen, CEO Odense Robotics and Martyna Waliszewska, Investment Manager at Invest in Odense.

In this video the Rocking Robots team takes a look some very different innovations presented at automatica 2023. RoboDK has developed software to program robots in a Digital Twin, and distributing this with one click to the whole robot fleet, independent of manufacturer. Fer Robotics makes dangerous and dirty work easier, and Motorcortex has developed software for autonomous vehicles. In this video we speak to Albert Nubiola RoboDK; Philippe Piatkiewitz, Motorcortex; Ronald Naderer, FerRobotics.

In this video the Rocking Robots team takes a look at two innovative new robots presented at automatica 2023, the first one a robot by Fizyr, Zivid and The gripper Company that can, among other capabilities, handle transparent objects. The other robot is a lightweight machine by Cognibotics that has a unique combination of speed and reach. In this report we speak to Herbert ten Have, Fizyr; Mats Jonsson, Cognibotics; Henrik Schumann-Olsen, Zivid; Preben Hjørnet, The Gripper Company.

The future of work, AI and sustainability were the main trends at automatica 2023. Rocking Robots is official mediapartner of this event, the largest robotics-fair in Europe. In this videoreport our team speaks about these trends with Filip Tuypens, FANUC; Christopher Schneider, Yaskawa; Thibaud Verschoor, IMSystems.

Unleashing the potential of drone swarms through dynamic response and coordinated control is one of the latest frontiers in robotics research. Associate Professor Aaron Becker, along with his team of experts from Northeastern University, is spearheading efforts to develop algorithms inspired by the collective movements of birds and fish. Their goal is to enable drones to make local, intelligent decisions in real-time, enhancing the efficiency and adaptability of swarm operations.