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Introducing Proxie, Cobot’s Collaborative Robot, Built for the Real World

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3 days ago

November 20, 2024

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Collaborative Robotics (known as Cobot), a leader in practical collaborative robots (cobots), and founded by the team that helped scale Amazon Robotics to over 500,000 robots, today announced the public launch of its robot, Proxie. The first of its kind, highly adaptable, collaborative robot takes on the demanding material handling tasks that keep the world moving. Cobot is incredibly proud to count as some of its first customers industry leaders Maersk, Mayo Clinic, Moderna, Owens & Minor, and Tampa General Hospital.

Meet Our Cobot: Proxie

Proxie represents the future of automation, combining advanced AI, mobility, and modular manipulation systems with refined situational awareness to support seamless human-robot collaboration. Built on three core pillars, Proxie is:

Trustworthy: Proxie is engineered for safe, reliable operation, fostering confidence in every interaction.Adaptable: Equipped with advanced mobility and handling capabilities, Proxie is versatile for diverse industries and settings.Useful: By automating material handling tasks, Proxie enables human teams to focus on higher-impact work.

“Today, simple manual tasks still take so much of our time and energy. We’ve thought deeply about how we bring mobile cobots into our everyday work environments, not to replace us, but to help us,” said Brad Porter, CEO and Founder of Cobot. “Everything about Proxie is intentionally designed to create the foundation of trust between robots and humans that is necessary for true collaboration. Our customers are leaders in their industries with ambitious goals that require flexible, intelligent solutions. We’re proud to be working with them toward realizing the potential of intelligent robots – cobots.”

What Sets Proxie Apart

Glide 360 – Effortless, intuitive, and smooth, Proxie’s mobility platform enables it to navigate complex environments with ease, moving naturally around people and other robots.

Scout Sense – Proxie “sees” the world as humans do by capturing its surroundings from eye level, ensuring situational awareness and precision, allowing it to harmonize seamlessly with its environment.

Flex Grasp – Designed to handle complexity simply, Proxie’s adaptable manipulator engages with various cart handles, boxes, and totes, making it versatile for diverse industry needs.

Empathetic Design – Every move exudes confidence. Proxie’s hardware architecture is optimized for stability and balance, with subtle visual cues, such as expressive “eyes,” that build trust in shared workspaces.

Robotics Intelligence – Powered by advanced AI, Proxie continually learns and adapts, getting smarter with every update as AI technology advances. This evolving intelligence enhances its ability to collaborate effectively with people, allowing Proxie to take on even more complex tasks as it grows.

Partnering for Impact: Customer Collaborations

Cobot is proud to collaborate with forward-thinking industry leaders across healthcare, logistics, manufacturing, and more, including Maersk, Mayo Clinic, Moderna, Owens & Minor, and Tampa General Hospital. Cobot helps customers address specific operational challenges with tailored solutions.

To learn more watch Cobot customer videos:

Maersk Moderna Owens & Minor Tampa General Hospital

About Cobot
Cobot is a team of world-class roboticists and operators with experience deploying hundreds of thousands of robots. With its first robot, Proxie, Cobot introduces a new standard in collaborative robotics designed to work seamlessly alongside people in dynamic environments. Cobot’s vision is to create a world where trustworthy cobots like Proxie integrate effortlessly into essential areas of work, from manufacturing and logistics to healthcare, municipal services, and beyond. With a focus on trustworthiness, adaptability, and real-world usefulness, Cobot is committed to developing robotics solutions that drive positive change for a better world. Cobot has offices in Santa Clara, California, and Seattle, Washington, and is backed by General Catalyst, Sequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures, Mayo Clinic, Lux Capital, and more. To learn more, please visit co.bot and follow us on LinkedIn.

Contact: press@co.bot

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Specified Technologies Inc. Unveils Firestop Clash Management and Locator Updates

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November 23, 2024

SOMERVILLE, N.J., Nov. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Specified Technologies Inc. has announced their latest Firestop Clash Management (FCM) and Firestop Locator (FSL) releases. FCM automates the process of locating and assigning firestop solutions to conditions within Autodesk® Revit®, enabling firestop novices to find firestop solutions like a firestop expert. In this latest release, STI has further expanded the capabilities of FCM by integrating it with their firestop documentation and compliance tool, Firestop Locator (FSL). FSL enables contractors and facilities’ teams to document the status, location, and products used for any and all fire life safety services across a building.

In the latest update for FSL, teams can now create custom items to track any service on their project beyond the base six (Penetration, Joint, Extinguisher, Door, Damper, and Barrier). Teams can also modify the base six items to include project specific inspection and maintenance requirements and any other details that they would like to be tracked.

With this new integration, decisions made during the design phase of a building using FCM are seamlessly passed into FSL during the construction phase, giving implementation teams a jump start on work to be done. This integration also improves data integrity and eliminates the guesswork in the field of determining what firestop systems and products are to be used where.

“We’re proud of the latest releases of FCM and FSL and look forward to continuing to support the fire life safety community,” says Justin Pine, Sr. Manager of Software & Services.

Specified Technologies Inc. promotes life and building safety by developing innovative fire protection systems and accompanying digital tools that help stop the spread of fire, smoke, and hot gases. Our SpecSeal® and EZ Path® product lines are engineered for easy installation and deliver powerful performance, often resulting in lower installed costs. Since firestopping is our only business, we concentrate all our resources on providing the highest quality, fully tested, innovative firestopping solutions.

Contact: Jess Bern; jbern@stifirestop.com

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ZICC: Internet Experts Pay Attention to the Development of Artificial Intelligence

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3 hours ago

November 23, 2024

BEIJING, Nov. 23, 2024 /CNW/ — During the Wuzhen Summit of the World Internet Conference, ZICC interviewed Internet experts from all over the world.

Lampros Sterg, UNESCO Chair in AI & Data Science, said that AI can accelerate social progress, but it needs to be used properly to avoid its negative effects in order to benefit citizens and society. Latif Ladid, the president of the IPv6 Forum, called for the establishment of a global governance system to allow artificial intelligence technology to serve humanity for good. South Korean computer scientist Kilnam Chon shared insights on AI’s positive role in healthcare. He urged global efforts to ensure AI safety and prevent its misuse in weapons. Indian entrepreneur Bibin Babu said he believes that AI will not replace humans, but will create more new jobs.

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Hankyung.com introduces: MecKare, Leading the AI-powered Innovation in Health Monitoring Solution

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3 hours ago

November 23, 2024

– Leading efficient care management for the elderly with unimpeded smartcare

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SEOUL, South Korea, Nov. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — JCF Technology is a startup that independently developed ‘MecKare’, a radar sensor that measures biological signals in a non-contact manner, and provides a platform service that automatically connects users and guardians in two-way emergency situations through an artificial intelligence analysis system. Since its establishment in 2016, it has developed a highly accurate non-contact multi-biological radar sensor through many years of technology accumulation, and succeeded in commercializing the product for the first time in 2021.

MecKare uses microwave radar and micro-Doppler signal processing technology to measure the user’s heart rate, respiratory rate, and skin temperature within 16.4 ft in real time. The sensor can measure human body movement patterns using precise and highly responsive thermal infrared rays and can detect falls through pattern analysis based on changes in human movement. In particular, the movement and change of thermal infrared rays within the measurement range are detected in real time, and the trend of biomarkers that appear as advance signs before a person falls can be checked through differential motion detection that measures the user’s movement pattern. It provides an alarm in advance by predicting before a person falls, enabling accuracy and quick response to accidents. As a result, it is possible to prevent safety accidents in the elderly by detecting emergency situations such as lonely death, cardiac arrest, breathing difficulties, and falls. Additionally, unlike other existing wearable devices such as smart watches or bands, MecKare does not need to be worn or attached to the body, so it can be used remotely via Wi-Fi without causing stress to the user.

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MecKare can be installed in the bedroom, bathroom, living room, or entrance of a home or facilities(Assisted Living, Nursing Home, etc) to provide 24-hour monitoring without a camera and detect abnormal signs in advance using a biometric information analysis algorithm and deliver them to the guardian.

MecKare’s radar biometric sensor is recognized in the global market for its technology as a device that obtains precisely customized biometric information while overcoming spatial constraints and without risk of privacy infringement. MecKare is being supplied to senior care facilities in Australia, Germany, Poland, Saudi Arabia, and China. In 2025, MecKare plans to conduct verification of vital signs such as attendance, fall prevention, and asthma of elderly people living in hospitals or assisted living in conjunction with local PPOs/HMOs in the United States.

In summary, MecKare is a system that reduces user inconvenience and enables management of multiple patients. By being able to provide personalized health data analysis results, it will serve as an opportunity to change the market paradigm towards preventive smart care. We expect MecKare’s A.I to play a role as an innovator that complements, rather than replaces, humans in care settings.

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