BlackBerry and Advanced Micro Devices said they plan to address the need for ‘hard’ real-time capabilities in robotics-focused hardware.
AMD releases Versal Gen 2 to improve support for embedded AI, edge processing
The first devices in AMD Versal Series 2 target high-efficiency for AI Engines, and Subaru is one of its first customers.
NVIDIA announces new robotics products at GTC 2024
NVIDIA CEO Jenson Huang wowed the crowd in San Jose with the company’s latest processor, AI, and simulation product announcements.
AMD unveils Spartan UltraScale+ FPGA family for edge processing
AMD said the latest addition to its portfolio of FPGAs and adaptive SoCs delivers cost and power-efficient performance.
Locus Lock promises to protect autonomous systems from GPS spoofing
Locus Lock has developed software-defined radio to overcome GPS spoofing for more secure autonomous navigation.
AMD announces Embedded+ architecture to accelerate edge AI
AMD Embedded+ combines embedded processors with adaptive systems on chips to shorten edge AI time to market.
Synopsys to acquire Ansys to join forces for silicon-to-system design, simulation, and analysis
Synopsys is adding Ansys’ simulation to its testing and electric design tools to help developers engineer more complex systems.
Eyeonic Vision System Mini unveiled by SiLC Technologies at CES 2024
SiLC says its new Eyeonic Mini AI machine vision system provides sub-millimeter resolution at a significantly reduced size.
NVIDIA picks 6 noteworthy autonomous systems of 2023
NVIDIA picks robots that showed special prowess — swimming, diving, gripping, seeing, strolling and flying — through 2023.
NVIDIA Jetson supports Zipline drone deliveries, as Omniverse enables Amazon digital twins
NVIDIA technologies are helping supply chains add new levels of automation, as seen in its work with Adobe, Amazon, and Zipline.
AMD launches Kria K24 SOM and starter kit for industrial and commercial applications
K24 SOM and KD240 Kit enable the design of power-efficient, production-ready solutions for motor control and digital signal processing applications with a fast time to market
indie and SiLC partner to deliver coherent detection-based LiDAR
FMCW LiDAR fuses indie’s SuryaTM SoC with SiLC’s EyeonicTM Vision Sensor for 10x performance and cost benefits, integrating photonics.
NVIDIA releases robotics development tools at GTC
NVIDIA released Jetson Orin Nano system-on-modules, updated its Nova Orin reference platform for autonomous mobile robots and announced cloud-based availability for its Isaac Sim technology.
Toposens introduces processing unit for 3D collision avoidance
The Toposens Processing Unit DK makes it easier to integrate the Toposens ultrasonic sensing technology into a customer’s existing platform.
NVIDIA accelerates mobile robot development with Isaac Nova Orin
State-of-the-art computing and sensor architecture powered by the new Jetson platform enables next-gen 3D-sensing for AMRs.
NVIDIA announces availability of Jetson AGX Orin Developer Kit
NVIDIA has over one million developers now deploying on Jetson with John Deere, Medtronic, Hyundai Robotics, Komatsu, Meituan among early adopters
ADLINK partners with Qualcomm on SMARC module
The LEC-RB5 SMARC module provides on-device AI capabilities, support for up to six cameras, and low power consumption.
Hailo raises $136M to scale edge processors
The Hailo-8 processor features up to 26 tera-operations per second and is smaller than a penny.
Researchers develop powerful optical neuromorphic processor
Researchers said the optical neuromorphic processor could benefit autonomous vehicles and other data-intensive applications.
NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Orin to power next generation of Einride autonomous Pods
Einride said NVIDIA’s Orin processors will help make the next generation of its autonomous Pods for freight transport safer and more functional.
Aeva makes SPAC deal to scale up production of 4D lidar on a chip for self-driving cars
Aeva has entered into an agreement with special purpose acquisition company InterPrivate Acquisition Corp. to scale up production of its 4D lidar sensor on a chip, which it said can benefit autonomous vehicles and robotics.
NVIDIA Jetson can enable hybrid edge/cloud processing for robots, says Formant CEO
When using Jetson devices, Formant users can now enable real-time video and image analytics in the cloud and perform PII scrubbing at the edge, writes CEO Jeff Linnell in this column.