Our robots thrive in highly unstructured and dynamic environments, such as hospitals and hotels! They do this by exhibiting a behavior we call 'Nimble Navigation'.
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Hello Techno Dreamers,
In the Sci-Fi dystopia of many imagined worlds, we see city streets clogged with traffic and robots alike. How can we avoid a world where humans fear the streets as robots whiz this way and that?
On Issue #15 of The Singularity Watch we touch on the subject of Robotic Traffic Control.
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Thrilled to unveil my latest work on : Autonomous Navigation in ROS 1 Noetic! 🌐🤖 Watch the video showcasing the intricate mapping of environment and seamless Autonomous robot navigation. 🚀 Exciting future prospects include:
1. 🌐 Precise Localization: Enhancing accuracy in dynamic indoor settings.
2. 🤖 Efficient Path Planning: Optimizing routes for increased operational efficiency.
3. 💡 Future Applications: Enabling robots for tasks in industries, healthcare, and beyond.
4. 🚀 Advantages: Improved safety, productivity, and adaptability.
Dive into the future of robotics with this groundbreaking work! 🛠️🔍 #ROS1Noetic#AutonomousNavigation#RoboticsInnovation#Mapping#FutureTech 🤖✨
It’s finally day one of #IROS2023, the biggest forum for the international #robotics research community this fall 🦾
We can’t wait to talk with you about #ROS and #mobile robotics and to show you the capabilities of our robots!
Join us at our booth #418 to see our products in action:
✅ #HusarionPanther - an industrial grade outdoor AMR, this time with a docking station and a web user interface in Foxglove,
✅ #ROSbot XL - a universal, ROS 2-native mobile robot platform, showcasing #autonomous mapping & navigation using #Nav2 with MPPI controller and mobile manipulation with OpenMANIPULATOR-X from ROBOTIS (Robot is ...), using our open source #ROS 2 package based on #ros2_control and #moveit2
✅ Husarnet - a low-latency peer-to-peer VPN for next gen robotic fleets.
And if you’re interested to know more about Husarnet, stop by the Tech Huddles stage tomorrow at 10 to hear our presentation on safe remote robot connection with Husarnet and #DDSRouter.
Here is an insightful piece from our network member, u-blox.
Precise navigation for outdoor autonomous mobile robotics
Autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) that operate outdoors and need to navigate from A to B require a global navigation satellite system receiver to guide them. A GNSS receiver detects satellite signals from multiple constellations in real time to determine exactly where it is on the earth's surface. Most modern receivers can calculate their position to within a few meters. It is impossible to improve upon the 1m – 2m accuracy without any further technological assistance. This is due to interference from the earth’s various atmospheric layers as the signals travel to the earth's surface.
The technological assistance that can improve the accuracy to centimetre precision is known as RTK (real-time kinematics). Briefly, this is where a ground-based Real Time Kinematic (RTK) base station transmits its known fixed position on the earth’s surface to the GNSS receiver on board a moving AMR to provide a ‘correction’ to the GNSS signals being received directly from satellites. Companies developing autonomous robots will want to deploy their products anywhere in Australia or the world. Setting up a local RTK base station is prohibitive for the end customer. The addition of such a base station introduces both cost and time-consuming complexity for the end user, which can be avoided by using an RTK correction service.
If you are manufacturing an AMR that you would like to sell anywhere in Australia or perhaps further afield to the USA or Europe, you ideally want to remove all the complexity involved in the RTK correction service the customer should use, ideally the AMR should just know where it is ‘out of the box’.
This capability is now available from one of the newest Robotics Australia members: u-blox, a Swiss-based company specializing in both high-precision GNSS receiver modules and an RTK correction service; with a growing team based here in Australia. The local team provide expertise in this area of precise autonomous navigation. For members of Robotics Australia, the team offer free access to the service along with free consultancy to put the whole subject into the context of specific AMR developments.
Please reach out to Andrew.suttle@u-blox.com if you’d like to learn more.
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Explore the Power of #Sentinus from Blue Atlas Robotics
✅Meet Sentinus, our compact, human-portable underwater inspection robot.
✅Standing at just under one meter tall, Sentinus is equipped with eight cameras, enabling it to provide comprehensive imaging of any submerged object.
✅The AI-powered autopilot system maintains a consistent distance from the target while smoothly tracking the surface, capturing a wide field of view even in visibility conditions where others get lost, all in a single sweep.
Sentinus will empower you to explore underwater assets effortlessly.
#RoboticExcellence#HumanIngenuity
Click the link to learn more >> https://loom.ly/1FrG8fk
🌟 End-to-End Agents Using Thermal Cameras for Night-Time Autonomous Navigation 🌟
Our paper, "Thermal Voyager: Nighttime Navigation via Infrared Thermal Vision" has been accepted into #ICRA 2024 (International Conference on Robotics and Automation)! Our work demonstrates the application of our end-to-end network with thermal camera input to tackle the challenges of nighttime driving. It was truly exciting working with the team on this project! A special thanks to Zubin Jacob for being a strong guiding force for the team Dhruval PB, Jehan Shalabi, Shubhankar Jape, Xueji Wang
🚗 About the Innovation:
Our research introduces TrajNet, an end-to-end navigation system leveraging infrared thermal vision for true passive perception. By utilizing TrajNet with thermal visual inputs, we've enabled autonomous vehicles to navigate the night as they do in the day. This is a stepping stone towards understanding how end-to-end systems perceive their environment, moving beyond the limitations of traditional sensors like LiDAR and RADAR.
🔍 Why It Matters:
Nighttime navigation has long been a hurdle in the field of robotics. The "Thermal Voyager" not only paves the way for 24/7 autonomous operation but also demonstrates the potential of thermal cameras to match the performance of daytime navigation systems, opening doors to new applications and safety improvements. It is also interesting to see end-to-end systems make a comeback in this age of Generative AI for robotics
📄 Dive Deeper:
For those interested in the technical intricacies and potential applications of our work, we invite you to read our paper and explore the project page. We're excited about the possibilities this opens up for the future of autonomous navigation and are eager to share our findings with the community.
🎥 See It in Action:
Don't miss our video demo showcasing the "Thermal Voyager" in action!
👉 Explore Our Work:
Links in the comments:
Read the paper! Visit the project page!
We're proud to contribute to the advancement of autonomous navigation technologies and look forward to engaging with the community for feedback, collaboration, and discussions on the future of this exciting field.
#ThermalCameras#NightVision#Robotics#AutonomousVehicles#Robotics#ICRA2024#Innovation#ThermalVoyager#NighttimeNavigation#AI#GenAI#endtoend
p.s. A special thanks to Sudhanshu Garg for connecting me with Zubin Jacob 😊
Founder and CEO at Transitive Robotics
2moNice article, Sonali Deshpande! The meta data of the post shows you as the author, but for some reason your name is missing from the article itself.