Autonomous navigation is best understood in terms of levels of autonomy, similar to those for self-driving cars, notes Relay Robotics.

The paper uses VERSES AI’s algorithms to predict the appearance of pedestrians, cyclists, and cars that are obscured behind stationary vehicles.

Carnegie Robotics says the Duro sensors and GNSS software from Swift Navigation will expand its portfolio for industrial automation.

Slamcore Aware combines the Slamcore SDK with industrial-grade hardware to provide robot-like localization for manually driven vehicles.

MIT AI experts have applied a deep-learning model that can decongest robots nearly four times faster than typical strong random search methods. 

Locus Lock has developed software-defined radio to overcome GPS spoofing for more secure autonomous navigation.

At the first MassRobotics RoboXchange, Locus Robotics shared tips on warehouse challenges, and Opteran showed a new navigational approach.

Relay Robotics took on an obstacle course filled with all of the challenges that a hospital system was uncertain whether robots could handle.

FlexQube has received its first order for the patented FlexQube Navigator AMR, which engages with powered carts, in the Nordic market.

Researchers at Brown University’s Humans to Robots Laboratory have developed software that helps robots understand plain-worded instructions. 

Intel shared four research papers on new edge processing techniques, including one on a raycast accelerator that could improve visual SLAM accuracy while maintaining energy efficiency.

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