Ntsib Cov Pib Ua Lag Luam Uas Amazon Tshiab $ 1 Billion Industrial Innovation Fund Rov Qab

Cov neeg tsim khoom uas Amazon cov peev nyiaj tsim kho tshiab tau txhawb nqa suav nrog cov neeg ua lag luam serial, ib khub ntawm Carnegie Mellon robotics Ph.Ds thiab yav dhau los tus thawj coj ntawm kev thov ntawm kev tuav pov hwm loj AIG.

Walking, dancing robots tau txais kev saib xyuas ntau, tab sis qhov tseeb ntawm kev siv ob-pedal robots tseem muaj kev txwv rau hnub tim. Damion Shelton thiab Jonathan Hurst, cov phooj ywg txij li lawv hnub dhau los ua cov tub ntxhais kawm tiav hauv kev ua haujlwm robotics ntawm Carnegie Mellon University, tau sib koom ua ke xya xyoo dhau los los hloov qhov ntawd.

Lawv lub tuam txhab, Agility Robotics, uas yog nyob rau hauv Corvallis Oregon, tau tsim lub turquoise thiab nyiaj neeg hlau hu ua Digit uas tuaj yeem ua cov haujlwm yooj yim uas yuav tsum tau muaj hauv cov tsev khaws khoom, qhov twg cov neeg ua haujlwm luv luv tau raug thawb mus rau lawv cov kev txwv kom ua haujlwm sai dua yam tsis muaj qhov yuam kev. . Tus lej tuaj yeem crouch los khaws cov thawv, ncav cuag kom muab lawv tso rau ntawm lub txee thiab nres thaum nws hnov ​​​​tus neeg lossis thaiv txoj hauv kev.

Shelton, 44, uas yav dhau los tau tsim lub tuam txhab 3D scanning thiab yog Agility CEO hais tias "Peb xav nkag mus rau hauv qhov chaw thauj khoom dav vim tias tus nqi ua haujlwm siab thiab muaj cov haujlwm uas ncaj qha rau automate." "Dab tsi peb tau tsom mus rau yog kev tswj xyuas ntau yam haujlwm uas tsis tas yuav muaj kev txiav txim siab ntau lossis kev ua haujlwm zoo."

Yooj yim, uas tau nce tag nrho $ 180 lab ntawm qhov kev ntsuas tsis tau qhia tawm, yog ib qho ntawm tsib qhov kev nqis peev pib los ntawm Amazon tus tshiab $ 1 billion industrial innovation fund. Lub khw muag khoom behemoth tshaj tawm rau hnub Wednesday tias nws tau teeb tsa cov peev nyiaj los nqis peev rau cov tuam txhab siv thev naus laus zis los txhim kho cov saw hlau, kev ua tiav thiab kev xa khoom. Qhov kev txav mus los raws li kev tsim kho tshiab, ib zaug pom tias yog cov dej ntws rov qab rau kev nqis peev, tau dhau los ua thaj chaw kub ntxhov nrog ntau lub tuam txhab tshiab tau nthuav tawm los txhim kho cov khoom lag luam thiab kev xa khoom, nrog rau kev qhia cov thev naus laus zis ntawm lub Hoobkas hauv pem teb.

Txhua ntawm tsib lub tuam txhab uas Amazon tau xaiv rau nws qhov kev nqis peev thawj zaug muaj cov cuab yeej tshwj xeeb uas tuaj yeem muaj txiaj ntsig zoo rau cov khw muag khoom goliath lub tsev khaws khoom. Ntxiv rau Agility, cov tuam txhab suav nrog Greenville, South Carolina-based Modjoul, uas ua rau wearable kev ruaj ntseg technology; Hauv Santa Clara, California Vimaan, uas siv computer vision thiab artificial txawj ntse los txhim kho kev tswj cov khoom muag; Israel raws li BionicHive, uas tau tsim ib qho kev daws teeb meem rau neeg hlau los hloov kho rau cov txee racks thiab cov thawv uas twb muaj lawm hauv warehouses; thiab San Francisco-based Mantis Robotics, uas tuaj nrog ib tug tactile robotic caj npab uas siv sensor technology los cohesively ua hauj lwm nrog tib neeg. Rau txhua lub tuam txhab, muaj Amazon ua tus neeg ua lag luam muaj ob qho kev pom zoo thiab cov neeg siv khoom loj heev rau nws cov thev naus laus zis.

Eric Martinez, yav dhau los tus thawj coj ntawm kev lees paub ntawm kev tuav pov hwm loj AIG, tau tsim Modjoul hauv 2016 los daws cov kev raug mob uas nws tau pom ntau xyoo hauv lub luag haujlwm ntawd. Nws hais tias, "Peb yog ib lub tuam txhab hluas tsis txaus ntseeg uas saib xyuas tib neeg," nws hais. Hauv nws lub neej yav dhau los, tus thawj tswj hwm kev pov hwm, tam sim no 53, muaj 30,000 tus neeg qhia rau nws; Raws li CEO ntawm Modjoul, nws tau teeb tsa lub tuam txhab nyob rau hauv ib qho chaw me me saum lub khw pizza ze ntawm Clemson University lub tsev kawm ntawv, thaum nws ua haujlwm ntawm nws lub tsev hauv Mercer Island, Washington.

Lub tuam txhab tsim ib txoj siv sia, uas siv cov accelerometers, gyroscopes thiab magnetometers, los ntsuas seb cov neeg ua haujlwm txav mus li cas thaum nruab hnub thiab buzzes thaum cov kev txav no tuaj yeem ua rau raug mob. Lub tuam txhab kuj tau tsim cov cuab yeej zoo sib xws rau tes thiab dab teg uas nws ua lag luam nrog kev lag luam pej xeem Ansell, nrog rau kev txheeb xyuas lub xov tooj cua zaus, lossis RFID, qhov system kom paub tseeb tias cov khoom siv (lossis lwm yam uas tus neeg siv khoom yuav tsum tau khaws cia) nyob ntawm qhov chaw.

Nws siv sijhawm ntev kom tau txais cov neeg siv khoom hauv chaw ua haujlwm-kev nyab xeeb, thiab kev sib kis tau nyuaj tshwj xeeb vim cov tuam txhab thiab cov khw muag khoom tau teeb tsa Covid cov txheej txheem nruj. Tab sis xyoo dhau los, lub tuam txhab tau txais kev txhawb nqa, pab los ntawm kev ua kom cov neeg siv khoom txaus siab ntawm cov khoom siv xws li Apple Watch thiab lwm yam khoom siv qoj ib ce. Modjoul cov nyiaj tau los txog ze li $ 5 lab xyoo tas los, thiab nws cov cuab yeej tam sim no tiv thaiv qee tus neeg ua haujlwm 80,000 ntawm ntau dua 50 tuam txhab, Martinez hais. Nws tau hais tias "Peb zoo heev ntawm kev xaiv leej twg feem ntau yuav raug mob," nws hais.

Qhov ntawd yog qhov tseem ceeb tshwj xeeb, nws hais tias, vim tias feem ntau ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm yuav khoov thiab ntswj kom raug, tab sis cov neeg tawm sab nraud uas tsis xaus nrog ntau qhov kev raug mob. Cov kev raug mob no phem heev rau cov neeg ua haujlwm uas them nyiaj rau lawv, thiab tseem kim rau cov tuam txhab uas ua haujlwm rau lawv cov hnub mob thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm suav nrog cov nqi pov hwm. Nyob rau hauv Amazon tus shareholder tsab ntawv lub lim tiam dhau los, CEO Andy Jassy tau cog lus tias yuav txhim kho kev nyab xeeb ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm nrog rau kev tsom mus rau txo cov kab mob, sprains, ntog thiab rov raug mob kev nyuaj siab. Nws tau sau tseg nyob rau ntawd tias lub tuam txhab cov kev pabcuam suav nrog "cov khoom siv uas ua rau cov neeg ua haujlwm sai sai thaum lawv tsiv mus rau qhov txaus ntshai."

Amazon kev nqis peev hauv kev lag luam wearables uas txhim kho kev nyab xeeb ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm los ntawm Modjoul tus neeg sib tw, StrongArm Technologies, uas suav Walmart ua tus neeg siv khoom, tsa $50 lab rau nws tus kheej nthuav dav. Martinez hais tias "Koj tuaj yeem pom cov kab sib ntaus sib tua," Martinez hais.

Raws li Modjoul nthuav dav, Martinez cov nuj nqis muaj chaw los sau cov ntaub ntawv ib puag ncig ntxiv, xws li seb lub suab puas siab txaus los xav tau lub pob ntseg los yog lub teeb pom kev ua rau muaj kev phom sij rau lub caij nplooj zeeg. Tab sis ib yam uas nws hais tias nws yuav tsis ua yog ntxiv biometric sensors rau cov khoom siv. "Nws yog tus choj hla dhau mus kom tau lub plawv dhia thiab ua pa tawm," nws hais. "Peb tau muaj cov neeg ua haujlwm nug, 'Puas muaj qhov ntsuas ntshav cawv hauv nws? Nws puas muaj lub microphone hauv nws?' Peb yuav tsum khaws lawv txoj kev ntseeg siab. "

SK "KG" Ganapathi, lub sijhawm no, nrhiav tau Vimaan, uas muaj kev nkag siab txog dab tsi tshwm sim nrog cov khoom muag. Nws hais tias "Muaj ntau qhov tshwm sim nrog cov tsoos neeg hlau, txav khoom ntawm ib qho mus rau lwm qhov, tab sis qhov pom tau ploj lawm," nws hais.

Ganapathi, 57-xyoo-laus serial ua lag luam uas muag nws cov tuam txhab yav dhau los rau Lenovo thiab Qualcomm, tau pib ua lag luam xyoo 2017 los tsim cov drones rau cov tsev khaws khoom hauv tsev. Tsis ntev, nws cov neeg siv khoom tau hais rau nws tias qhov lawv xav tau tiag tiag yog kev tswj cov khoom muag. Yog li nws rov tsom mus rau Vimaan, uas tau nce ze li $ 25 lab los ntawm NEA, Wing VC thiab Neotribe Ventures ua ntej Amazon tshaj tawm, txhawm rau taug qab cov khoom muag siv lub computer pom thiab kev txawj ntse.

Vimaan txoj kev taug mus txog qhov tsawg tshaj plaws, suav nrog tsis yog bar codes xwb, tab sis kuj muaj hnub tas sij hawm, serial tooj thiab lwm yam, thiab ua li ntawd nyob rau lub sijhawm tiag tiag thaum cov khoom txav ntawm lub tsev rau khoom mus rau lub khw lossis ib tus neeg siv khoom. "Lub bar code zoo li sawv cev lub tsheb los ntawm nws daim ntawv tso cai," Ganipathi hais. "Nws tsis qhia koj yog tias cov khoom puas lawm, nws yog qub lossis yog tias nws tshiab."

Qhov ntawd tso cai rau Vimaan cov neeg siv khoom - nws tsis kam tso npe rau lawv, txawm hais tias lawv nthuav dav cov khoom noj, kev sib txuas lus, kev kho mob thiab tshuaj, nrog rau cov tuam txhab thauj khoom thib peb - ​​kom paub meej tias cov khoom nyob qhov twg thiab ntes qhov tsis raug thiab tsis sib xws hauv lub sijhawm. Yog tias tus neeg siv khoom ua ntawv thov rau cov khoom ploj, piv txwv li, tus neeg muag khoom tuaj yeem pom tam sim ntawd qhov tshwm sim thiab seb lawv puas qhia qhov tseeb.

Ganipathi hais tias qhov tshwm sim yog tias cov neeg siv khoom pom kev rov qab los ntawm kev nqis peev hauv lub hlis ntau dua li xyoo. "Txhua lwm yam kev siv ua rau koj muaj ROI nyob rau hauv lub sijhawm ob lossis peb xyoos," nws hais. "Peb muab ROI rau koj hauv peb mus rau xya lub hlis. Tus nqi yog los ntawm kev txo koj cov khoom lag luam poob thiab ua rau cov neeg ua haujlwm ua haujlwm tau zoo thiab ua haujlwm tau zoo. "

Raws li rau Agility, cov nyiaj Amazon tsuas yog ib feem ntawm kev nqis peev loj Series B, tag nrho $ 150 lab, coj los ntawm cov tub ua lag luam sib sib zog nqus DCVC thiab Playground Global. Thaum nws cov neeg hlau ntxov tshaj plaws tau siv ntau rau kev tshawb fawb thiab kev tsim kho thiab Ford Motor tau txais thawj ob tus lej neeg hlau txhawm rau tshawb nrhiav lub sijhawm xa khoom kawg, Agility npaj siab siv cov nyiaj tshiab los txhawb nqa cov neeg hlau no mus rau cov tuam txhab uas tawm tsam ntiav cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv tsev rau khoom.

Shelton cov nuj nqis uas Agility twb tau muag "nruab nrab ob tus lej" ntawm cov neeg hlau hauv nws cov koob tam sim no, thiab tias nws yuav tsum tuaj yeem muag "ntau pua tus units" kom txog rau thaum xyoo 2023, nrog cov lej nce nrawm los ntawm 2025. Qhov ntawd, nws taw qhia. tawm, yog qhov txawv ntawm qhov tshwm sim rau ntau tus neeg hlau, suav nrog cov uas tau ua tau zoo hauv ntau qhov kev sib tw khiav los ntawm Lub Chaw Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Tshawb Fawb Txog Kev Tshawb Fawb, lossis Darpa, qhov uas cov thev naus laus zis zoo heev tsis ua rau kev muag khoom lag luam.

“Txhua tus qauv ntawm txhua tus neeg hlau, peb tau muag. Peb yeej tsis tau ua ib yam dab tsi uas yog kev kawm engineering nkaus xwb, "nws hais. "Koj yuav tsum tau txais thev naus laus zis tawm qhov ntawd."