San Diego-based Brain Corp, the Softbank-backed developer of autonomous navigation systems, has opened its European headquarters in Amsterdam. The reason for the expansion is two-fold: it helps Brain better support partners who do business in Europe, and it helps Brain find additional engineering talent. “Amsterdam is a fantastic gateway to Europe and has one of…
Don’t miss these sessions at the Robotics Summit & Expo 2019
Here is just a sampling of keynotes, sessions, and panels at next month’s Robotics Summit & Expo in Boston that robotics developers and innovators won’t want to miss.
Nilfisk licenses BrainOS for floor cleaning robots
Brain Corp, a San Diego-based provider of autonomous navigation systems, continues to expand its footprint in the robotic floor cleaning market. Brain today announced a partnership with Nilfisk, a Copenhagen, Denmark-based cleaning solutions provider that has been around for 110-plus years. Nilfisk will license the BrainOS AI platform for the production, deployment, and support of…
Cognitive robotics, intelligent machines take center stage at Robotics Summit & Expo 2019
CLEVELAND and BOSTON — Business-to-business publisher WTWH Media has announced a series of keynotes, sessions, and workshops at this year’s Robotics Summit & Expo dedicated to educating the robotics engineering community about how artificial intelligence and machine learning are making commercial and cognitive robots smarter and more useful. Topics include decision making, object identification, vision…
Mobile robots in e-commerce: Experts weigh in on tech advances, demand
Growing demand for rapid e-commerce order fulfillment is a major driver for the development and adoption for mobile robots. However, the market and the technologies that serve it are changing rapidly. The Robot Report asked the following four experts in mobile robotics about their observations (their responses have been edited for length): Tom Galluzzo, founder…
Walmart expands use of BrainOS-powered autonomous robots
Walmart has been testing Brain Corp.’s BrainOS-powered autonomous floor cleaners for more than a year. Now it looks like the two companies are ready to take their relationship to the next level. By the end of Walmart’s fiscal year, January 31, 2019, the world’s largest retailer will have 360 BrainOS-powered machines cleaning its floors across…
5 Challenges in Creating Autonomous Navigation Systems
Increasing the level of navigation autonomy in mobile robots creates tangible business benefits to those companies employing them. But designing an autonomous navigation system is no easy task. San Diego-based Brain Corporation, which spoke at our inaugural Robotics Summit & Showcase, seems to have figured it out, however. The company raised $114 million in mid-2017,…
Developing autonomous mobile robots for human populated environments
Brain Corp, an AI company specializing in the development of self-driving technology for robots, will lead a presentation on the specific steps required to move autonomous roboticss from the lab to live, real-world environments along with other relevant topics at the upcoming Robotics Summit & Showcase in Boston. Taking place May 23-24, 2018 and organized…
BrainOS Powers Tennant Autonomous Floor Cleaners
San Diego-based Brain Corp., which in July 2017 raised $114 million in a Series C round led by the SoftBank Vision Fund, has partnered with Tennant Company, a developer of commercial cleaning solutions. The companies will collaborate on autonomous floor cleaners that operate in commercial and industrial environments. Tennant’s first autonomous floor cleaner, the T7 Micro-Rider, is…