Podcasts about clearpath robotics

Now, who doesn't love a good chat about robots? In this episode, we speak with Ryan Gariepy, the CTO of Clearpath Robotics & OTTO Motors, about the future of robotics and how leadership can effectively integrate autonomous equipment and robots into existing operations. We hear about Ryan's career in robotics, from his early days to building his two companies, which were recently acquired by Rockwell Automation. Ryan explains how companies, big or small, can start working with robots in different ways to find the best possible applications for them.Aside from the practical application of robots, we also dig into the ethical considerations that leaders should be aware of – most importantly, the safety of human workers on site. Plus, we also hear how R2-D2 was the inspiration behind Ryan's love of robots. In this episode, find out:Ryan gives us a brief overview of what Clearpath Robotics doesWe hear the story of how Ryan first developed his love for robots (plus his favorite movie robot)Ryan explains why he decided to build his two companies The top lesson Ryan learned from his time in the industry Ryan's thoughts on industry adoption of robotics for both small and larger businessesHow smaller companies can minimize the risks of adopting roboticsHow bigger companies can build robotics adoption into digital transformation plansThe ethical considerations of deploying robots in existing teams How robots have affected the economy in manufacturing in CanadaTweetable Quotes:“If we're going to put our time and money and all sorts of other resources into building new technology, let's do it in areas like agriculture or the basics of healthcare or construction. Let's try not to put robots in the creative spaces.”“Robots are one of the few components which are both necessary and sufficient to drive value. Just on their own.”“I think it's important for people to learn from existing successful deployments and not try to reinvent the wheel because reinventing the wheel is costly, but when it comes to people's health or wellbeing generally, it opens up corner cases.”Links & mentions:Robotics Summit & Expo, the world's leading robotics development event, taking place in Boston, MA on May 1-2, 2024Clearpath Robotics by Rockwell Automation, mobile robots for research & development, enabling researchers and corporations to accelerate their robotics research and developmentOTTO Motors by Rockwell Automation, the most experienced autonomous material handlers in the industryCanadian Robotics Council, robotics-fuelled economic development is within Canada's reach, uniting innovation stakeholders from across the countryMake sure to visit http://manufacturinghappyhour.com for detailed show notes and a full list of resources mentioned in this episode. Stay Innovative, Stay Thirsty.

Show Notes: Scientists Have Discovered a New Set of Blood Groups | Wired (00:52) After performing an emergency C-section for a pregnant woman, researchers were curious why there were these strange antibodies in the blood. They made a startling discovery:  The woman's blood was of an ultra rare type, which may have made her baby's blood incompatible with her own.  Prompting her immune system to produce antibodies against her baby's blood Scientists were able to unpick exactly what made her blood different, and in the process confirmed a new set of blood grouping—the “Er” system, the 44th to be described. A, B, O, and AB isn't the only classification system There are many ways of grouping red blood cells based on differences in the sugars or proteins that coat their surface, known as antigens.  Differences in antigens results in the following situation: Someone receives incompatible blood from a donor, for example, the recipient's immune system may detect those antigens as foreign and react against them.  One new blood classification system has been described by researchers each year during the past decade.  tend to involve blood types that are extremely rare “Discovering a new blood group system is like discovering a new planet. It enlarges the landscape of our reality,” says Daniela Hermelin at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine, who was not involved in the study. Due to those genetic differences, a small number of people have alternative amino acids, or building blocks, in their Piezo1 protein. Causing the different ER blood type There are five Er antigens in total—five possible variations of Piezo1 on the surface of red blood cells that can lead to incompatibility.  Benefit of this finding:  It adds to our knowledge of how blood incompatibility can affect pregnant mothers and their babies Boston Dynamics, Agility and others pen letter condemning weaponized ‘general purpose' robots | TechCrunch (05:38) A group of prominent robotics firms (Boston Dynamics, Agility, ANYbotics, Clearpath Robotics and Open Robotics) issued an open letter condemning the weaponization of “general purpose” robots. The piece comes amid mounting concern around the proliferation of advanced robotics systems. With fictional depictions and real-world efforts like the Ghost Robotics dog that has been outfitted with a sniper rifle, raising significant red flags for many. Part of the letter states: “We believe that adding weapons to robots that are remotely or autonomously operated, widely available to the public, and capable of navigating to previously inaccessible locations where people live and work, raises new risks of harm and serious ethical issues. Weaponized applications of these newly-capable robots will also harm public trust in the technology in ways that damage the tremendous benefits they will bring to society.” Ghost Robotics, which has its own take on the topic, told TechCrunch at the time: “We don't make the payloads. Are we going to promote and advertise any of these weapon systems? Probably not. That's a tough one to answer. Because we're selling to the military, we don't know what they do with them. We're not going to dictate to our government customers how they use the robots.” Today's open letter finds the signees pledging not to weaponize their systems, while calling on lawmakers to do more to prohibit this use for robotics. They end off their letter saying: “We also call on every organization, developer, researcher, and user in the robotics community to make similar pledges not to build, authorize, support, or enable the attachment of weaponry to such robots. We are convinced that the benefits for humanity of these technologies strongly outweigh the risk of misuse, and we are excited about a bright future in which humans and robots work side by side to tackle some of the world's challenges.” World-first stem cell therapy trial treats spina bifida before birth | New Atlas (13:14) Spina bifida is a birth defect in which the spine fails to develop properly, which can lead to weakness or paralysis of the lower limbs, cognitive issues, and urinary and bowel dysfunction. Currently no cure, post-birth surgery can improve the symptoms in some cases. But a new clinical trial aims to intervene earlier. Signs of spina bifida can appear very early on in the pregnancy. Allowing for time to treat it while the baby is still developing, potentially improving the outcomes. The treatment involves administering a stem cell patch to the baby's spine while still developing in the womb, and early results are promising one year on. Three babies have been born out of the eventual 35 that will be enrolled in the CuRe trial. The Cellular Therapy for In Utero Repair of Myelomeningocele (CuRe) trial, conducted at UC Davis Health. One baby girl was expected to be born with leg paralysis – and yet, she was seen to be kicking and wiggling her toes right away. The scientists will monitor the babies until they're six years old, and there's a particular milestone at 30 months of age to check how well they're walking and toilet training. A new AI tool could predict the risk of heart disease and death through retinal images | Interesting Engineering (17:10) A new study has found that an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that images the retina's network of veins and arteries can accurately predict a person's risk of cardiovascular disease and death in less than a minute. Non-invasive screening method that doesn't have to be done in a clinic The new study demonstrates that the width of veins and arteries in the retina could indicate circulatory disease early and accurately. Circulatory diseases include cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease, heart failure, and stroke The fully automated AI-enabled tool called Quartz evaluates the potential of retinal vasculature imaging plus known risk factors to predict vascular health and death. Scanned the retinal images of 88,052 people between the ages of 40 and 69 Later scanned an additional 7,411 participants who were aged between 48 and 92. The results showed: In men, the width, curviness, and width variation of veins and arteries in the retinas are important predictors of death from circulatory disease. In women, artery area and width and vein curviness and width variation contributed to risk prediction. From the study: Below 0.5 indicates a very poor model. 0.5 means that the model is no better than predicting an outcome than random chance. Values over 0.7 indicate a good model. Values over 0.8 indicate a strong model. “Prediction models for circulatory mortality in men and women had optimism adjusted C-statistics and R2 statistics between 0.75–0.77 and 0.33–0.44, respectively.” The C-statistic is a measure of goodness of fit R2, coefficient of determination, is used to analyze how differences in one variable can be explained by a difference in a second variable.   

Google presenta dispositivos, DeepMind revela su AlphaTensor y compañías de robótica prometen que no traerán el fin del mundo.Puedes apoyar la realización de este programa con una suscripción. Más información por acáNoticias:-La subsidiaria de Alphabet, DeepMind, publicó un artículo en la revista Nature que detalla el AlphaTensor, una inteligencia artificial diseñada para descubrir “algoritmos nuevos, eficientes y probablemente correctos”. -Google presentó su propio sistema de texto a video, Imagen Video. -GFW Report dice que, a partir del 3 de octubre, los usuarios en China informaron que algunos servidores basados en TLS usados para eludir la censura en el internet del país, habían sido bloqueados. -Google presentó nuevos dispositivos, entre los que tenemos los Pixel 7 y 7 Pro, un Pixel Watch y dio detalles sobre su futura tableta que se lanzará en 2023. -Varias compañías de robótica, entre las que se encuentran Boston Dynamics, Agility Robotics, ANYbotics, Clearpath Robotics, Open Robotics y Unitree Robotics, se han comprometido a “no apoyar el uso armamentístico de sus productos” Análisis: De robótica y usos militares Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/noticias-de-tecnologia-express. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It seems autonomous robots and self-driving vehicles are everywhere today. Longstanding organizations and startups alike are competing to bring cutting-edge robotics to the market for commercial applications, household use, national security and defense work...the opportunities are limitless.Clearpath Robotics is one of the leaders in autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), and they're putting this technology to work in industrial material handling applications.We sat down with the company's CEO Matt Rendall at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) in Chicago to talk about how Clearpath's brand of industrial AMRs - OTTO Motors - is ushering in the future of material handling. We talked about the difference between AGVs and AMRs, how artificial intelligence enables the AMRs to carry out their missions, what it takes to deploy a fleet in a facility, the kinds of programs students should enroll in if they want to work with AMRs in their career, and you'll even get a sneak preview of the new OTTO Lifter - "world's smartest forklift".3 Big Takeaways from this episode:It's not AGVs vs. AMRs: People often think AGVs (automated guided vehicles) and AMRs (autonomous mobile robots) are either the same thing, or that one will replace the other. Neither is the case. Matt Rendall gives a great explanation of how these technologies are designed for specific functions and capabilities in an industrial material handling scenario. The added value of AMRs? They combine the predictability and efficiency of an AGV with the flexibility and intelligence of a human.SLAM is the heart of how an AMR is able to map its surroundings: Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) occurs when the AMR takes the data from its sensors, lasers and cameras and turns it into a live map that enables the robot to navigate its surroundings, even in a dynamic industrial facility.Technology will take tasks, not jobs, away from humans: People want to go to work and do fulfilling, creative and complex work - not rote tasks wear down the brain and body. Automation exists to do the dull, boring and dangerous tasks and enable companies to produce at maximum capacity. And when things are automated, people don't lose their jobs; they're redeployed elsewhere in the operation, often in more human-centric roles.Students: Do you want to work with AMRs?Deploying these AMRs takes a variety of individuals with different skillsets - technicals, engineers, software experts and operations experts. Matt suggests students who want to work with AMR technology should pursue mechatronics programs, as they naturally combine areas of study like mechanical systems, electronics and controls - all vital components of an AMR.ResourcesTo learn more about OTTO Motors industrial AMRs, visit: ottomotors.com and be sure to check out the new OTTO Lifter!To learn more about Clearpath Robotics, visit: clearpathrobotics.comConnect with Clearpath and OTTO Motors on social media!Facebook  |  Twitter  |  Instagram  |  YouTube  |  LinkedInVisit episode page: https://techedpodcast.com/clearpath/

In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Tony Baltovski and Adrian Popielas, from Clearpath Robotics, on the TurtleBot 4. The TurtleBot 4 is an open source robotics platform for education and research.EPISODE LINKS:– TurtleBot 4 on Clearpath Robotics’ website: https://clearpathrobotics.com/turtlebot–4/– TurtleBot 4 on Github: https://github.com/turtlebot/turtlebot4– TurtleBot 4 Simulation on Github: https://github.com/turtlebot/turtlebot4_simulator– Clearpath Robotics’ website: https://clearpathrobotics.com/– Tony Baltovski’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonybaltovski/– Adrian Popielas’ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianpopielas/PODCAST INFO:– Podcast website: https://sensethinkact.com– Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036– Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d– RSS: https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml– Full episodes: https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast– Clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDgOUTLINE:– (0:00:00) Start– (0:01:31) Introducing Adrian, Tony, and TurtleBot 4– (0:12:17) Evolution of Turtlebot Platforms– (0:18:03) Adding a screen to the Turtlebot 4– (0:21:43) Picking hardware and budgeting features– (0:27:57) How the software is organized– (0:29:38) Designing for manufacturing– (0:38:13) Simulation– (0:44:40) Making examples– (0:46:45) Using ROS 2– (0:50:15) Choosing to use a Create 3– (0:51:46) Other challenges and testing– (1:03:26) Putting an arm on the TurtleBot 4– (1:04:49) Marker 7– (1:07:47) Hopes for the TurtleBot 4– (1:09:52) AdviceSOCIAL:– Twitter: https://twitter.com/sense_think_act– Discourse: https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71

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In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Ryan Gariepy, Chief Technology Officer of both Clearpath Robotics and OTTO Motors. Ryan speaks about the origin of Clearpath, how Clearpath focuses on making reliable robots, and the future of robotics.EPISODE LINKS:– CBQ’s website: https://www.seebq.com/– Greenzie’s website: https://www.greenzie.com/– Greenzie’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/GreenziePODCAST INFO:– Podcast website: https://sensethinkact.com– Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sense–think–act/id1582090036– Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/52wK4oMDvgijRk6E82tC5d– RSS: https://sensethinkact.com/itunes.xml– Full episodes: https://www.youtube.com/c/SenseThinkActPodcast– Clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfnCpNwZzYtZ32J–pZvNDgSOCIAL:– Twitter: https://twitter.com/sense_think_act– Discourse: https://discourse.ros.org/c/sensethinkact/71

Ryan Gariepy is the CTO and founder of Clearpath Robotics (2009).  He is also on the board of the Open Source Robotics Foundation (OSRF), the governing body for ROS, since its inception in 2012.  He's also been involved in numerous Canadian and international robotics advisory roles and led Clearpath to be the first robotics company to sign the pledge to not make killer robots. Clearpath is building robots to automate materials handling which is today a job function that can't hire fast enough.  But, over time, a huge number of jobs will become redundant and that will be very disruptive if we don't start thinking about that future soon.   LinkedIn: https://www.LinkedIn.com/in/rgariepy/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shobhana-viswanathan/support

On Episode 6 of The Robot Report Podcast, we profile the Pickle Robot Company, a Boston-based robotics startup developing the Dill parcel handling robot. We also discuss Softbank's dancing robots at Japanese baseball games, and discuss the benefits of ROS on Windows 10 with Clearpath Robotics' Dave Niewinski.

Our first guest in the Industrial AI series is Ilia Baranov, engineering manager at Clearpath Robotics. Ilia is responsible for setting the engineering direction for all of Clearpath’s research platforms. Ilia likes to describe his role at the company as “both enabling and preventing the robot revolution.” He’s a longtime contributor to the Open Source Robotics Community and ROS, an open source robotic operating system. He is the also the managing engineer of the PR2 support team at Clearpath and leads the technical demonstration group. In our conversation we cover a lot of ground, including what it really means to field autonomous robots, the use of autonomous robots in research and industrial environments, the different approaches and challenges to achieving autonomy, and much more! The notes for this show are available at twimlai.com/talk/27, and for more information on the Industrial AI Series, visit twimlai.com/IndustrialAI.

Matt Rendall is co-founder and CEO of Clearpath Robotics, a Canadian company automating dull, dirty and dangerous tasks. Clearpath manufactures and operates vehicles for warehouses and distribution centers – they are the self-driving car for indoor industrial tasks. Matt talks about how he made the jump from academia to business, Robotics as a Service, what automation means for jobs in the U.S., and his open letter against “killer robots.” We'd love to hear from you! Email us at fluxpodcast@gmail.com, or message us on our Facebook page FluxFeed. Follow us on Twitter and Medium under the handle @thefluxpodcast

In this podcast, we discuss two supply chain companies that are using artificial intelligence to optimize their operations: Otto Motors (A division of Clearpath Robotics) that is using automatous vehicles in their warehouse facilities, and DHL a global logistics provider that is embracing anticipatory logistics.

*not necessarily a guarantee One robotics company, Clearpath Robotics, has promised never to make autonomous killing machines, and hopes all future tech companies will get on board with the no killer robot promise.  Problem solved, right?  Jeff and Anthony aren't so sure, and see a future where solemnly swearing with no take-backs might not be enough.  This episode also features French robots, so there's that. We Have Concerns is entirely listener supported! To keep us ad-free and get early episodes/bonus content, check out our Patreon: http://patreon.com/wehaveconcerns Hey! If you're enjoying the show, please take a moment to rate/review it on whatever service you use to listen. Here's the iTunes link: http://bit.ly/wehaveconcerns And here's the Stitcher link: http://bit.ly/stitcherwhc Jeff on Twitter: http://twitter.com/jeffcannata Anthony on Twitter: http://twitter.com/acarboni Today's story was sent in by hkarsch: http://www.wired.com/2015/02/can-now-build-autonomous-killing-machines-thats-bad-idea/ If you've seen a story you think belongs on the show, send it to wehaveconcernsshow@gmail.com or leave it on the subreddit: http://reddit.com/r/wehaveconcerns