{"id":578778,"date":"2024-04-19T20:12:26","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T00:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/?p=578778"},"modified":"2024-04-22T14:25:10","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T18:25:10","slug":"from-the-barn-to-the-bar-ai-powered-robots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/from-the-barn-to-the-bar-ai-powered-robots\/","title":{"rendered":"From the barn to the bar: AI powered robots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1803933552&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"The Robot Report Podcast\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/robot-report-podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Robot Report Podcast<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"From the barn to the bar: AI powered robots\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/robot-report-podcast\/from-the-barn-to-the-bar-ai-powered-robots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">From the barn to the bar: AI powered robots<\/a><\/div>\n<hr>\n<p>In this episode, we talk to Matt Casella from Richtech Robotics about the Adam bartending robot, and then to Chris Padwick from John Deere about creating vision models for spraying weeds in the field.<\/p>\n<p>Both interviews occurred during NVIDIA&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/nvidia-announces-new-robotics-products-at-gtc-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GTC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/gtc-2024-and-r-24-recap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">event<\/a> last month, and both companies use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/tag\/nvidia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NVIDIA<\/a> technology in their AI-powered robots.<\/p>\n<h2>Show timeline<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>23:54: Interview with Matt Casella, President of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richtechrobotics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Richtech Robotics<\/a><\/li>\n<li>44:14: Interview with Chris Padwick, director of machine vision learning, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deere.com\/en\/sprayers\/see-spray\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Deere Autonomous Solutions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>News from this week<\/h2>\n<h3><b>Boston Dynamics unveils electric Atlas humanoid robot<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>On Tuesday, Boston Dynamics retired the previous version of Atlas after about 15 years of development. It paved the way for numerous other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/category\/robots-platforms\/humanoids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">humanoid<\/a> robots.<\/p>\n<p>As you have probably seen on YouTube, Atlas was surprisingly agile, given its hydraulics and bulk. In fact, Atlas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/rbr50-company-2024\/atlas-demoes-unique-manipulation-mobility-skills-for-humanoid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">won an RBR50 award<\/a> for its demonstration of running and delivering tools at a simulated construction site at the company\u2019s headquarters in Waltham, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/tag\/boston-dynamics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">company<\/a> has not been shy about showing the many falls and missteps on the way to increasingly robust locomotion and dexterous manipulation.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/boston-dynamics-debuts-electric-version-of-atlas-humanoid-robot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boston Dynamics announced a new, all-electric version<\/a> intended for eventual commercial use.&nbsp;<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"All New Atlas | Boston Dynamics\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/29ECwExc-_M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><b>Mentee Robotics decloaks with its own AI-powered humanoid<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Perhaps overshadowed by Boston Dynamics&#8217; announcement the same day, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/mentee-robotics-de-cloaks-launches-ai-driven-humanoid-robot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mentee Robotics came out of stealth<\/a> and unveiled its first bipedal humanoid robot prototype. A team with experience in machine, computer vision, and other fields founded the Herzliya, Israel-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.menteebot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">company<\/a> in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Mentee Robotics said its AI-powered robot will understand natural-language commands and be based on a simulation-to-reality model. The company acknowledged that more work is to be done and said it is aiming for the household and warehouse markets. Like Boston Dynamics, it is aiming to have more robots to show in 2025.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MenteeBot overview\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EiWuwlm17mM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><b>Locus Robotics surpasses 3B picks mere months after last milestone<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Locus Robotics Corp. this week <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/locus-robotics-surpasses-3b-picks-just-33-weeks-after-last-milestone\/\">said it has surpassed 3 billion total picks<\/a> across its global customer deployments. The Wilmington, Mass.-based company reached this milestone just 33 weeks after it recorded its 2 billionth pick.<\/p>\n<p>Locus claimed that the achievement underscores its continued rapid growth and solidifies its position as a leader in AI-powered robots for the warehouse.<\/p>\n<h3><b>California committee passes AV ban<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>On Wednesday, the <a href=\"https:\/\/progresschamber.org\/ca-committee-passes-autonomous-vehicle-ban-legislation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Senate Committee on Local Government passed legislation<\/a> allowing local municipalities to ban and tax autonomous vehicle (AV) deployment.<\/p>\n<p>Last year was one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2024-01-25\/traffic-deaths-surpass-homicides-in-los-angeles\">California\u2019s deadliest<\/a> for roadway fatalities, largely because of <a href=\"https:\/\/dot.ca.gov\/-\/media\/dot-media\/programs\/safety-programs\/documents\/shsp\/shsp-ca-datafactsheets_a11y.pdf\">human behaviors<\/a> including distracted driving, drunk driving, and speeding. 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