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SAFELOG’s cellular robots can function in a variety of warehouse and manufacturing facility settings utilizing Opteran Mind. | Source: SAFELOG
Opteran Technologies this week introduced at LogiMAT a partnership with SAFELOG GmbH, a producer of order-picking and transportation robots for warehouses and factories. SAFELOG will combine its cellular robots with Opteran Mind, a general-purpose autonomy product.
“We are delighted to announce our partnership with SAFELOG, as that is one other vital milestone on our path to commercializing Opteran Mind,” said David Rajan, co-founder and CEO of Opteran Technologies.
“We are seeing a speedy take up of our know-how throughout the U.S., Japan, and Europe, so at present’s settlement with SAFELOG underlines why our know-how is finest in school for localization and mapping for cellular robots,” he added. “It additionally reveals that whereas ‘pure intelligence’ is exclusive out there, our inputs and outputs are commonplace, making Opteran Mind a easy and enticing answer to combine with present cellular robots.”
The firms stated the multi-year settlement will allow SAFELOG to handle the pressing want for better productiveness from autonomous cellular robots (AMRs) working in hazardous and dusty environments. Opteran claimed that its know-how can allow AMRs to deal with dynamic lighting and ever-changing obstacles with out GPS.
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SAFELOG goals to cut back failure charges
Markt Schwaben, Germany-based SAFELOG stated it’s creating a brand new technology of cellular robots that mix robustness and effectivity. A key goal of its challenge with Opteran is to cut back robotic failure charges due to localization errors with present 2D and 3D lidar, in addition to with visible simultaneous localization and mapping (vSLAM).
Another problem to productiveness is when tons of of automated guided automobiles (AGVs) function collectively in a warehouse setting as a result of every set up requires an infrastructure consisting of magnetic tracks and QR code reflectors. This can enhance commissioning time and working prices.
Opteran stated its localization software program permits new initiatives to be activated rapidly and effectively with out further infrastructure.
“There are plenty of challenges for present autonomy options to beat within the advanced circumstances of a warehouse, so we now have been amazed by what Opteran Mind can obtain,” stated Michael Reicheicher, managing director of SAFELOG, in a launch. “Opteran’s know-how performs considerably higher in our cellular robots, which will likely be vastly useful for our clients. Natural Intelligence, their strategy to AI, presents a sturdy know-how that we’re assured will differentiate our AMRs within the international market.”
Opteran Mind guarantees navigation breakthrough
Opteran Mind relies on 10 years of analysis into insect brains. The firm, which has services in London and Sheffield within the U.Ok. and Boston within the U.S., stated it reverse-engineered pure mind algorithms.
“Fundamentally, nature does navigation extra effectively than robots,” stated Opteran Technologies. By replicating nature’s strategy in a mannequin that the corporate calls “pure intelligence,” it stated it has delivered a “dramatic breakthrough.”
Opteran estimated that its system might price lower than $160 working on a Sony and ARM Core and utilizing Sony IMX219 cameras and RK4566 ARM chips. In comparability, present techniques can vary in price from $8,400 for a 2D lidar setup to $27,000 for a 3D lidar setup, it stated.
Opteran and SAFELOG demonstrated their collaboration at LogiMAT in Stuttgart, Germany. They confirmed a SAFELOG cellular robotic utilizing Opteran Mind, which they stated might enhance adaptability and reduce downtime.
The companions stated Opteran Mind may be embedded in ground-based robots and aerial drones for all kinds of functions, from logistics and warehouse distribution to grease and gasoline inspection, mining, and autonomous automobiles.
