Innovation Award: An outstanding early stage technology or product developed recently that will create an impact in the robotics industry.
Self-driving vehicles would not be possible without sensors and so it’s not surprising to see two small new sensors in the 2020 Silicon Valley Robotics ‘Good Robot’ Innovation Awards, the Velabit from Velodyne and the nanoScan3 from SICK. We showcase three other innovations in component technology, the FHA-C with Integrated Servo Drive from Harmonic Drive, […]
Tuesday, December 15, 2020 4:39PM IST (11:09AM GMT) Velodyne’s Lidar Sensors Recognized for Providing Advanced Perception for Rapidly Growing Autonomous Robot Market San Jose, Calif., United States: Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (Nasdaq: VLDR) today announced its Velabit™ lidar sensor was named the winner of the 2020 Innovation Award by Silicon Valley Robotics. The Velabit, Velodyne’s smallest sensor, brings new levels of […]
Robotics RB5 Platform from Qualcomm CEO: Steve Mollenkopf Founded: 1985 HQ: San Diego, CA The Qualcomm Robotics RB5 Platform supports the development of the next generation of high-compute, AI-enabled, low power robots and drones for the consumer, enterprise, defense, industrial and professional service sectors that can be connected by 5G. The QRB5165 processor, customized for […]
FieldPrinter from Dusty Robotics CEO: Tessa Lau Founded: 2018 HQ: Mountain View Dusty Robotics develops innovative robotics technology that power the creation of high-accuracy mobile printers for the construction industry. Dusty’s novel robotics algorithms enable the system to achieve 1-millimeter precision printing construction layout on concrete decks, which is a breakthrough in the industry. Construction […]
EVE from Halodi Robotics CEO: Bernt Øivind Børnich Founded: 2014 HQ: Norway & Oakland, CA Halodi Robotics has developed the EVE humanoid robot platform using its patented REVO1 actuators to enable truly capable and safe humanoid robots. The robots have been commercialized, and the first commercial customer pilots are being planned for next year in […]
Tensegrity Robots from Squishy Robotics CEO: Dr. Alice Agogino Founded: 2017 HQ: Berkeley, CA Squishy Robotics’ rapidly deployable, airdroppable, mobile sensor robots provide lifesaving, cost-saving information in real time, enabling faster, better-informed data-driven decisions. The company’s robots provide first responders with location and chemical sensor data as well as the visual information needed […]
Titan from FarmWise Labs Founders: Sebastien Boyer, Thomas Palomares Founded: 2016 HQ: San Francisco & Salinas, CA For vegetable growers who face increased growing costs and new environmental and regulatory pressures, the FarmWise suite of data-driven services harnesses plant-level data to drive precise field actions in order to streamline farm operations and increase food production […]
nanoScan3 from SICK USA CEO: Tony Peet Founded: 1946 HQ: Minneapolis, MN Silicon Valley Robotics member and SICK distributor EandM nominated the new nanoScan3 for an innovation award. The nanoScan3 from SICK is the world’s smallest safety laser scanner and is based on their latest patented Time-Of-Flight technology. Not only does it provide the […]
Velabit from Velodyne CEO: Anand Gopalan Founded: 2007 HQ: San Jose, CA Velodyne Lidar, Inc. introduced Velabit™, Velodyne’s smallest sensor which brings new levels of versatility and affordability to 3D lidar perception, at the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2020. The Velabit, a game-changing lidar sensor, leverages Velodyne’s innovative lidar technology and manufacturing partnerships for […]
FHA-C with integrated servo drive from Harmonic Drive CEO: Doug Olson Founded: 1960s HQ: Beverly, MA Harmonic Drive LLC has launched a new product in the FHA-C Mini family that integrates an actuator with a servo drive in one compact package, eliminating the need for a separate servo drive. The FHA-C Mini Series is a […]
Stretch from Hello Robot CEO: Aaron Edsinger Founded: 2017 HQ: Martinez, CA Hello Robot has reinvented the mobile manipulator. In July 2020 they launched Stretch, the first capable, portable, and affordable mobile manipulator designed specifically to assist people in the home and workplace. At a fraction the cost, size, and weight of previous […]
Inception Drive from SRI International CEO: William Jeffrey Founded: 1946 HQ: Menlo Park, CA The latest breakthrough from SRI Robotics is a novel ultra-compact, infinitely variable transmission that is an order of magnitude smaller and lighter than existing technologies. The Inception Drive is a new transmission that can reverse the direction of the output relative […]