MoveIt Pro 6 - Robotics Software Platform For the AI Era
Groundbreaking software empowers next-generation robotic applications with intelligent decision making, hardware agnostic design, and rapid development platform.
BOULDER, COLORADO, September 12, 2024 - PickNik Robotics, a pioneer in advanced robotic software solutions, today announced the launch of MoveIt Pro Release 6, a revolutionary platform designed for the AI era. This latest release enables organizations to quickly tackle robotics applications that previously were not possible or economically feasible with previous generation systems, through a new high fidelity simulation engine for digital twins, powerful real-time control algorithms, and support for mobile manipulation.
“The robotics industry has sorely needed a robotics manipulation engine - the equivalent of a ‘video game engine’ - to enable innovative companies to quickly apply robotics to their industries.” said Dave Coleman, PhD and Founder at PickNik Robotics. “Out of the box, the MoveIt Pro Runtime includes real-time object identification, force control, dynamic motion planning, and multi-step processing. The suite of intelligent decision making algorithms opens up a vast new set of opportunities.”
PickNik’s customers are benefitting from rapid development of their applications, with cost savings up to 75%. Rishab Patwari, CEO Hivebotics, agrees stating “Partnering with PickNik was a strategic decision that brought not only advanced technology but also a team of dedicated experts into our development process.”
Bridging the Gap: From Pre-AI to AI-Driven Robotics
Historically, robotics has been constrained by limitations such as expensive programming, limited flexibility, pre-planned movements, and the need for highly structured environments. These constraints resulted in robots that could only perform simple, repetitive tasks and required significant expenses in adapting workspaces to suit the robot’s limited capabilities.
MoveIt Pro Release 6 shatters these limitations, introducing:
- Real-time object recognition: Empowering robots to make intelligent choices and adapt to unexpected obstacles.
- Dynamic path planning: Enabling the identification of optimal paths on the fly.
- Force Compliant Controllers: Allowing robots to handle and interact with objects of varying sizes and weights with precision.
These advancements unlock a multitude of new use cases, including adaptive cleaning in commercial buildings, food processing plants, passenger trains and airlines; agriculture harvesting, planting, and weed removal; assembly and pre-assembly operations with mixed-part selection and placement in manufacturing; residential and commercial building construction.
Key Distinguishing Features of MoveIt Pro Release 6
- Intelligent Runtime Decision Making
- Facilitates complex, multi-step operations
- Overcomes unexpected obstacles, environmental changes and error conditions
- Handles variations in object characteristics including size, weight, and orientation
- Hardware Agnostic Design
- Supports a wide variety of hardware components - 100’s of robotic arms, end effectors, cameras and supporting components
- Allows matching of hardware to specific needs and budgets
- Leverages off-the-shelf hardware to lower project costs
- Rapid Development
- High Fidelity Physics Simulation to accelerate developing of novel cutting edge applications
- Enable powerful Digital Twins for rapid prototyping
- Speed up development efforts due to powerful debugging tools
“MoveIt Pro Release 6 is not just a software update; it’s a catalyst for innovation across industries,” added Dave Grant, CEO. “We’re enabling our clients to automate processes that were previously not possible, from adaptive manufacturing to agriculture and beyond. Clients are only limited by their imagination.”
For more information about MoveIt Pro Release 6 and its transformative capabilities, visit https://picknik.ai/pro/.
About PickNik Robotics
PickNik Robotics is a leading developer of robotic arm applications, providing cutting-edge software and services to automate complex tasks. Our flagship product, MoveIt Pro, is designed to help organizations achieve unprecedented efficiency and precision in their robotic operations. Founded in Boulder, Colorado, PickNik Robotics is committed to pushing the boundaries of what is possible in the field of robotics.
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