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The previous yr has been eventful for robotics developments, with financial headwinds, new purposes, and pleasure round humanoids and AI. John Bubnikovich, president of ABB’s Robotics Division within the U.S., will probably be among the many panelists discussing the way forward for robotics innovation at RoboBusiness in California subsequent week.
In that keynote panel, Bubnikovich will be part of NVIDIA’s Amit Goel, DHL’s Joan-Wilhelm Schwarze, and Teradyne Ventures’ Eric Truebenbach in analyzing the drivers of innovation and tips on how to scale automation.
As one of many world’s largest producers of commercial automation, in addition to collaborative and cell robots, ABB Robotics is in place to watch the newest developments. Bubnikovich supplied The Robotic Report with a sneak peek on the views he’ll share at RoboBusiness.
Bubnikovich affords recommendation for robotics startups
What’s the most important development in robotics in the meanwhile?
I imagine the most important development in robotics is what number of finish customers are harnessing the facility of synthetic intelligence to make their robotic methods smarter and extra adaptive.
At ABB Robotics, we outline 4 areas for industrial purposes of AI-powered robotics:
- Producing insights: AI can analyze massive datasets and generate significant insights that type the idea for decision-making.
- Optimization: From macro-level power administration to micro-level path planning for robotic actions, AI optimizes operations and will increase effectivity.
- New capabilities: With AI robots can carry out a broader vary of advanced duties that had been beforehand troublesome to automate. By leveraging information and algorithms to optimize processes, robots execute duties sooner and extra exactly, with better in dynamic and unstructured environments.
- Human-machine collaboration: AI makes robots and automation extra accessible and user-friendly, enabling individuals with out programming information to information and management a robotic or machine.
What recommendation do you’ve for making certain product-market match, particularly in a decent and aggressive market?
Robotic OEMs, and in lots of cases their system integrator (SI) companions, should get as near their clients and potential clients as attainable, to be able to really perceive their wants, and the efficiency metrics they’re hoping to realize.
The unimaginable developments in robotic expertise over the previous few years have opened up automation to a far wider vary of industries and purposes. Many of those are comparatively new, with little in the way in which of prior fashions to emulate.
OEMs and SIs should be consultative and work intently with clients to realize one of the best outcomes. Persistence can be a advantage, because the time it takes to specify, textual content, and set up a robotic system in a brand new software will be very time consuming.
Instruments like ABB’s RobotStudio offline simulation programming software program is a useful useful resource to check the design and efficiency of a possible robotic system earlier than any dedication is made.
What recommendation do you’ve for younger robotics startups?
Ensure that there’s a viable market to your particular expertise, and deal with turning into the very best answer for firms that want what you must supply. Search to collaborate with finish customers in your goal trade section, and work with them to check and validate your providing.
Be nimble and versatile so you possibly can shortly modify your expertise as your earn extra about what your potential clients need and want.
Domesticate a strong basis of traders, however talk a practical development and profitability schedule. Pursue product expansions solely after you’ve totally refined your core expertise and have established the infrastructure to assist your rising buyer base.
What are you wanting ahead to about RoboBusiness?
I’m wanting ahead to collaborating within the keynote panel with such an esteemed group of trade leaders, and I’m keen to determine a rapport with them and the various different robotic cognoscenti who will probably be attending the occasion.
I’m additionally excited to see the brand new expertise ideas from each the startups and extra advanced-stage entities that will probably be displaying their newest developments within the exhibit space. Although ABB is a long-tenured robotic OEM, we proceed to embrace an entrepreneurial spirit, and being amongst such robotics trade innovators for a few days will probably be inspiring!
Be part of ABB Robotics and extra at RoboBusiness 2024
Along with robotics innovation and enabling applied sciences, RoboBusiness will focuses on funding and enterprise matters associated to operating a robotics firm. Different keynotes on the occasion will characteristic:
- Rodney Brooks, co-founder and chief expertise officer at Strong AI, in addition to co-founder of iRobot and Rethink Robotics
- Sergey Levine, co-founder of Bodily Intelligence and an affiliate professor at UC Berkeley
- Claire Delaunay, chief expertise officer at farm-ng
- Torrey Smith, co-founder and CEO of Endiatx
RoboBusiness may even embody greater than 60 audio system, over 100 exhibitors and demos on the expo ground, 10+ hours of devoted networking time, the Pitchfire Robotics Startup Competitors, a Ladies in Robotics Luncheon, and extra.
RoboBusiness will probably be co-located with DeviceTalks West, which focuses on the design and growth of medical units. Hundreds of robotics practitioners from around the globe will convene on the Santa Clara Conference Middle, so register now to make sure your spot!
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