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group: Capra Robotics
nation: Denmark
Website: https://capra.ooo/
Year of establishment: 2019
Number of employees: 11-50
Innovation Lesson: Applications and Markets
Editor’s note: The 2024 RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards were announced on April 9. RBR50 has been around for the past 12 years and the first RBR50 Gala was held at the Robotics Summit & Expo in Boston. Robot Report will highlight each RBR50 winner throughout the year.
Capra Robotics has launched Capra Hircus, an autonomous mobile robot (AMR) designed to easily navigate challenging terrain thanks to its patented kinematic model and four-wheeled chassis. These robots can carry different types of loads while moving over rough and uneven surfaces.
The Hircus AMR has the unique ability to navigate both indoors and outdoors using a variety of sensors to maintain its course. The system uses cameras for obstacle detection and avoidance.
Danish window manufacturer VELUX was challenged with transporting payloads and materials weighing up to 500 kg (1,102.3 lb.) within its manufacturing facility in Skjern, Denmark. The company sought an integrated system to solve this problem.
Capra Hircus, combined with a detachable cart from partner ROEQ, proved to be the best fit for VELUX’s requirements. Capra AMR has been integrated into the current operation, with tasks from the central management system being transferred to the robot via Capra Fleet Manager using the standardized VDA5050 interface.
Workers can prepare raw materials, work-in-process, and finished goods on carts, place them in queues, and then schedule robots to pick and move them between manufacturing areas.
The movement process is fully automated, as the robot automatically controls gates and doors along the way, allowing access to the outside world, and returns indoors once it reaches its destination.
VELUX said there is tremendous potential in bridging the gap between indoor and outdoor transport. He added that integrated gate control, automated pick-up and drop-off, and wireless charging are among the reasons why Hircus is the obvious solution to meet their requirements.
RBR50 Robotics Innovation Award 2024
| group | innovation |
|---|---|
| ABB Robotics | Modular industrial robot arms provide flexibility. |
| Advanced Construction Robotics | IronBOT makes rebar installation faster and safer. |
| Agility Robotics | Digital humanoids step into logistics work |
| Amazon Robotics | Amazon strengthens portfolio with large AGVs |
| Ambi Robotics | AmbiSort uses real data to improve picking. |
| Aptronic | The Apollo humanoid is equipped with custom linear actuators. |
| Boston Dynamics | Atlas showcases the unique skills of a humanoid. |
| Bright Pick | Applying autopicker, mobile operation, and AI to warehouse |
| Capra Robotics | Hircus AMR bridges the gap between indoor and outdoor logistics. |
| wit | Agility Stack Robotics and AI for Truck Loading |
| Disney | Disney brings beloved characters to life through robotics. |
| Doosan | Programming collaborative robots becomes easy with the app-like Dart-Suite. |
| electric sheep | Securing the success of landscape startups through vertical integration |
| Exotech | Skypod ASRS scales for automotive suppliers. |
| Fanuc | FANUC ships 1 millionth industrial robot |
| shame | Startup creates a working humanoid within a year |
| Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics | evoBot features a unique mobile manipulator design. |
| Gardarica Tres | Developed mine removal robot for Ukraine |
| geek+ | PopPick Products vs. Personal System Upgrades |
| glide | Provides independence to visually impaired people. |
| harvard university | Exoskeleton improves walking ability in Parkinson’s disease patients |
| ifm effector | Streamline mobile robot development with obstacle detection system |
| will make | ReBeL collaborative robots achieve human-like hands inexpensively. |
| inventory | Instock turns the order fulfillment process on its head with ASRS. |
| Kodama Systems | Startup uses robotics to prevent forest fires |
| Kodiak Robotics | Self-driving pickup truck to strengthen US military operations |
| cry | Leader in robotic arms doubles down on mobile robots for logistics |
| Locus Robotics | Mobile robot leader exceeds 2 billion picks |
| MassRobotics Accelerator | Capital-free accelerator guarantees startup success |
| Mecademic | Accelerate micro-automation with the MCS500 SCARA robot |
| with | Robotic ventricle improves understanding of heart disease |
| Mujin | TruckBot accelerates automated truck unloading. |
| Mush | Intelligent 3D sorter for increased throughput and flexibility |
| NASA | MOXIE completes historic oxygen manufacturing mission on Mars |
| Neya Systems | Development of cybersecurity standards strengthens AGVs |
| nvidia | Nova Carter gives mobile robots omnidirectional vision. |
| Olive Robotics | EdgeROS facilitates the robot development process. |
| Open AI | An LLM allows embedded AI to thrive. |
| Opteran | Applying insect intelligence to mobile robot navigation |
| robotics innovation | Rufus robots automate shingle installation. |
| lovel | Automation of railway repairs to overcome manpower shortage |
| Powerful AI | Carter AMR joins DHL’s impressive robotics portfolio. |
| rockwell automation | OTTO Motors Adds Mobile Robots to Manufacturing Lineup |
| Seract | PickGPT harnesses the power of generative AI in robotics |
| lazy robotics | Scale inventory robot transaction with BJ’s Wholesale Club |
| sleep robotics | Simplify trailer loading/unloading with the rugged AMR. |
| symbolic | Walmart-backed company rides wave of demand for logistics automation |
| Toyota Research Institute | Building large-scale behavioral models for fast robot training |
| ULC technology | Cable splicers improve safety and power grid reliability. |
| universal robots | Cobot leader strengthens lineup with UR30 |
