Rocos Partners With Boston Dynamics to Upskill Autonomous Spot Robots With Remote Operation – All the Way From New Zealand

BOSTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#robotics–Rocos, a robot operations software platform, today announced its partnership with Boston Dynamics, a leader in mobile robotics, to provide remote mission design and execution as well as teleoperation functionality, enhancing Spot’s existing capabilities.

As a mobile, durable, and customizable robot, Spot was built to go where other robots cannot. Coupled with the Rocos platform, Spot can now be easily managed from a remote location. Missions can be designed and edited on the fly, and sensor data collected on the mission can be accessed by remote teams. Spot can also be manually teleoperated to investigate issues, capture new data, or be redirected as required.

“The age of autonomous robots is upon us. We’re working with organizations like Boston Dynamics to help accelerate the adoption of robotics. By connecting robots to the cloud, we can help them combine a cloud software layer with robotics to achieve physical automation at scale. Our customers are augmenting their human workforces to automate physical processes that are often dull, dirty, or dangerous. I’m excited to be working with the world-class team at Boston Dynamics,” Rocos CEO David Inggs said.

The importance of autonomous robots has been highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic where many have been used to encourage social distancing, clean public spaces and hospitals, and even deliver vital medication.

“We’re excited to see Rocos enabling key features for Spot and our industry partners. The industry applications we’re exploring with Rocos will see this important technology create new efficiencies for businesses around the world,” Boston Dynamics VP of Business Development, Michael Perry said.

Boston Dynamics’ Spot navigates rugged environments to capture data in real-time – feeding this data back into existing business systems, wherever they are located. In the energy sector this provides real-time anomaly detection as well as access to historic digital records for comparison. In agriculture, farmers can access information such as more accurate and up-to-date yield estimates. This provides access to a new category of automation, and a safer, more efficient business.

Through the use of this joint technology, organizations can plan and schedule missions, remotely operate their robots in the exploration of uncharted territory, capture 3D visualizations and other sensor data in their environment, navigate risky or dangerous terrain, and proactively intervene in required situations. All of this possible in either offline or online modes.

In early testing, the Boston Dynamics team based in the US, navigated previously uncharted terrain in New Zealand, remotely accessing Spot through Rocos’ web UI.

“Robotics companies are producing very capable machines for achieving specific tasks. The missing link is a cloud-based platform to connect, monitor and automate the activities of a fleet. With Boston Dynamics and Rocos, organizations can now design, schedule and manage inspection missions remotely,” Inggs said.

About Rocos

Founded in 2017, Rocos provides a cloud platform to build and manage robot operations, enabling organizations to connect, monitor, and control robots – at scale. Rocos is inspired by a globally connected future, where autonomous robots accelerate change for good — and provide some of the important technology that will get us there. Visit www.rocos.io for more.

About Boston Dynamics

Boston Dynamics is a world leader in mobile manipulation robots, tackling some of the toughest robotics challenges. Boston Dynamics combines the principles of dynamic control and balance with sophisticated mechanical designs, cutting-edge electronics, and next-generation software for high-performance robots equipped with perception, navigation, and intelligence. For more information, visit www.bostondynamics.com.

Resources

Robots for Good – see what robots are doing in the fight against Covid-19
Spot in agriculture – New Zealand (Video)
Photo of Rocos Co-Founders
Screenshots of the Rocos Platform in use

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