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by Stephanie Neil, MA Editorial Staff   | Abstract: | Spin-off from Carnegie Mellon lab infuses robots with intelligence by using sensors, software, and computing power. |
| Keywords: | robots with intelligence |
Seegrid Corp., founded in 2003 to revive the robotics market, is the developer of the G Series industrial mobile robots, flexible systems that use sophisticated software to sense, move, analyze, and interact with its surroundings. The company was formed as a spin-off from Carnegie Mellon University's Mobile Robot Lab, where Seegrid's industrial mobile robotics (IMR) technology was researched and applied.
The products, which include the General Purpose (GP8) robotic pallet truck with 8,000-pound capacity and the General Purpose (GT3) tugger with 3,000 pound capacity, are more than simple automated guided vehicles (AGVs), the company says. Seegrid robots take pictures of the environment and interpret the data using 3D evidence grid software. The robot "learns" its surroundings, which makes changing its path easy and affordable — no ripping and replacing wires in the floor.
"What is so different about us is that our technology is so flexible," says Greg Cronin, Seegrid's executive vice president. "The route of the robot can be changed in a matter of minutes, and that is very important because so many companies want flexibility in their own manufacturing capabilities."
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