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The Robot Report Podcast · 11 Jun 2021 · 43m

What this episode covers

Florian Pestoni, CEO of In Orbit, and Joe Wieciek, Software Operations Manager at Brain Corp, discuss the founding of the Robot Operations Group (ROG), a community dedicated to establishing best practices for operating robot fleets at scale. They detail the group's open-source manifesto, which emphasizes planning for failure and learning from cloud operations, and invite broader industry participation. In the second half, Mike Bearman from Vecna Robotics explains his company's involvement in the RIA R15.08 safety standard committee, highlighting how the new standard addresses gaps for autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and drives interoperability efforts like the Mass Robotics standard.

Most relevant to

companies scaling up

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
In Orbit, Brain Corp, Vecna Robotics, Willow, Mass Robotics, Verdant Robotics
Tools
3D LIDAR
Also
RIA R15.08

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