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Archives for December 16, 2019

May Mobility raises $50 million in funding round led by Toyota

December 16, 2019 by Sam Francis Leave a Comment

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May Mobility, an autonomous transportation-as-a-service provider, has closed a $50 million Series B funding round led by Toyota.

There was also participation from Sparx Group, alongside return investors Millennium Technology Value Partners, Cyrus Capital Partners, BMW iVentures, and Toyota AI Ventures.

The company says the round will help fund strategic hires across the engineering and operations functions, and expansion of the vehicle fleet to meet growing demand. [Read more…] about May Mobility raises $50 million in funding round led by Toyota

Filed Under: News, Transportation Tagged With: accelerate, autonomous, cities, company, current, driving, fleet, funding, help, helping, investors, led, market, mobility, partner, partners, president, round, series, service, shuttles, technology, toyota, transportation, vision, working

FLIR launches new camera capable of deep learning

December 16, 2019 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

FLIR Systems has launched a camera which includes deep learning capabilities – the Firefly DL – for applications ranging from industrial inspection to autonomous driving and others.

Deep learning is a type of artificial intelligence which tends to ingest, or collect, far more data than does the machine learning method.

Both deep and machine learning types of AI tend to require large computing systems, generally necessitating clusters in the cloud, or at least a powerful PC. [Read more…] about FLIR launches new camera capable of deep learning

Filed Under: Computing, News Tagged With: autonomous, camera, company, deep, designers, dl, firefly, flir, imaging, learning, low, machine, making, network, neural, neuro, quality, system, systems

Gecko Robotics raises $40 million in funding for energy infrastructure inspection robots

December 16, 2019 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

Gecko Robotics has raised $40 million in funding to develop its energy infrastructure inspection robots.

A Y-Combinator alum, Gecko Robotics raised the $40 million in its Series B round, which was led by Drive Capital.

Gecko already partners with the largest brands in power, oil and gas and manufacturing industries. [Read more…] about Gecko Robotics raises $40 million in funding for energy infrastructure inspection robots

Filed Under: Industry, News Tagged With: capital, data, drive, funding, gecko, industry, infrastructure, inspection, lives, robotics, robots

First patients treated in robotic arrhythmia treatment at Kansas hospital

December 16, 2019 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

Stereotaxis, a developer of robotic technologies for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, says HCA Midwest Health – the largest healthcare system in the Kansas City region – has launched a new robotic arrhythmia care program based at Overland Park Regional Medical Center.

Installation of the Stereotaxis Robotic Magnetic Navigation System was recently completed, and the first patients have been successfully treated using the technology at Overland Park Regional Medical Center.

Stereotaxis’ partnership with HCA Midwest Health brings new, leading-edge treatment options for patients who have a cardiac arrhythmia. [Read more…] about First patients treated in robotic arrhythmia treatment at Kansas hospital

Filed Under: Features, Humanoids Tagged With: ablation, arrhythmia, arrhythmias, cardiac, care, city, clinical, dr, electrophysiology, hca, health, heart, kansas, lakkireddy, magnetic, medical, midwest, oprmc, patient, patients, rmn, robotic, robotics, stereotaxis, technology, treated, treatment

Yaskawa launches ‘explosion proof’ industrial robot for painting

December 16, 2019 by Mai Tao Leave a Comment

Yaskawa Electric has launched what it describes as an “explosion-proof” industrial “handling” robot.

The new Motoman MHP 45L has a payload capacity of 45 kg, and maximum reach of 2,850 mm for painting areas using volatile paints.

Yaskawa says it has lined up a “wide range of painting robots” optimized for various applications from small to large applications such as smartphones or automotive. [Read more…] about Yaskawa launches ‘explosion proof’ industrial robot for painting

Filed Under: Industrial robots, News Tagged With: area, booth, handling, painting, payload, range, robot, transfer, workpieces, yaskawa

Yaskawa begins sales of its new collaborative robot

December 16, 2019 by Mai Tao Leave a Comment

Yaskawa Electric, one of the largest industrial robot manufacturers in the world, has begun sales of its new collaborative robot.

The Motoman HC20 DT is said to be anti-dust and drip-proof, with a payload capacity of 20kg and a maximum reach of 1,700 mm.

Yaskawa launches its new cobot against the background of a labor shortage that is worsening due to a decline in the working-age population. [Read more…] about Yaskawa begins sales of its new collaborative robot

Filed Under: Industrial robots, News Tagged With: anti-dust, arm, capacity, collaborative, drip-proof, dt, equipped, functions, hand, hc, human, improve, improved, ip, large, motoman, multiple, operated, operation, payload, processes, production, protection, require, robot, robots, safety, set, transport, workpieces, yaskawa

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