Industrial Robotics
Freedom Fleet Control: A Single View for a Complex Challenge
Jul 13, 2022 |
6 min read
At Freedom Robotics, we have built a reliable set of telemetry and monitoring tools to capture valuable robotics data and put it into the hands of...
Future of Robotics
The Next Generation: Freedom Robotics - Enterprise Edition
Jul 05, 2022 |
2 min read
On the heels of months of heads-down work, our team proudly rolled out the next iteration of the Freedom Robotics Platform in April of this year. The...
Development
Five Industry 4.0 Tools Freedom Robotics Provides Today
Apr 14, 2022 |
4 min read
Modernizing manufacturing has the potential to dramatically transform the way things are built, but it can be difficult to fully comprehend where to...
Development
Why I Sleep Better at Night thanks to Freedom Robotics
Mar 11, 2021 |
3 min read
Sleep is a tricky thing to get right. Sometimes I wake up with headaches and sore muscles, sometimes I wake up with a stuffy nose, sometimes with dry...
Future of Robotics
Why Hasn’t Anyone Heard of Cuspidal Robots?
Feb 12, 2021 |
1 min read
Our very own Achille Verheye recently authored a two-part article on the topic of cuspidal robots. “What are cuspidal robots,” you ask? We’re glad...
Industrial Robotics
Robots in Manufacturing: 3 Sobering Truths You Need to Know
Jan 27, 2021 |
6 min read
The true purpose of automation is to provide a Return on Investment (ROI). However, we often see industrial manufacturers make a massive push to...
Future of Robotics
Robot Predictions: Trends and Developments to Watch for in 2021
Dec 16, 2020 |
4 min read
If there is one thing 2020 proved, it’s that solving real-world problems with practical solutions is what’s required for robotic technology to...
Development
Freedom Robotics Guide to Cell Routers for Robot Connectivity
Oct 23, 2020 |
5 min read
At Freedom Robotics we have worked with 100s of robotics customers that use LTE connectivity to deploy robotic applications. Depending on use case,...
Future of Robotics
What Future Robotic Technology Must Have to Succeed
Sep 17, 2020 |
2 min read
Below are three of the biggest learnings I have seen repeatedly from meeting with hundreds of robotic companies over the last few years. These...
Product Announcement
Operator Teleop: Faster, more reliable, and with advanced gamepad control
Sep 10, 2020 |
3 min read
Most mobile, logistics, agricultural and other robots can now work autonomously between 90 and 98% of the time, however, they are not able to fully...
Development
Should You Build with ROS?
Sep 10, 2020 |
2 min read
As technology rapidly increases in virtually every industry, the need to equip your business with tools and technology that drive your business...
Development
Deploying on Mars: A Mapping & Localization Tutorial
Sep 02, 2020 |
4 min read
This is the fourth in a series of blogs on the Open Source Mars Rover. Most concepts discussed here apply to other wheeled robots as well. You can...
Future of Robotics
How Human is the Future of Robots?
Aug 25, 2020 |
2 min read
*Header Photo Credit: Cyan Robotics Robotics is constantly evolving, and machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies are set to make...
Development
18 Ways to Stabilize Robotics Compute Resources
Aug 12, 2020 |
12 min read
TLDR: Below are multiple stories of how robots have failed and specific things to validate on your robotic system to minimize hidden failures due to...
Product Announcement
Announcing Robotics Resource Monitoring
Jul 30, 2020 |
3 min read
TLDR: We built a tool - The Freedom Resource Monitor - to log and monitor system resources on any robot (GPU, network connectivity, topic data,...
Development
8 Common Mistakes When Connecting Your Robot With A Cellular Modem
Jul 20, 2020 |
8 min read
Connecting your robot to the internet can be tricky and there are a lot of mistakes you can make when implementing a connectivity solution. This list...
Industrial Robotics
Partner Webinar: MiR and Freedom Robotics Present Teleoperation for AMRs
Jun 30, 2020 |
1 min read
Industrial robotics is one of the fastest growing verticals in the space and an area that our team is very familiar with. It goes without saying that...
Future of Robotics
Shipping Next Gen Robots Today: Human Teleoperation Bridging the Gap
Jun 17, 2020 |
5 min read
At Freedom Robotics, we’ve always heard from our customers that getting their robots out into the world faster is one of their top priorities....
Development
Launching a Last-Mile Delivery Robot with Freedom Pilot in a Week
Jun 17, 2020 |
3 min read
HUD interface from Freedom Robotics Pilot interface. View camera feeds, GPS, lidar, key metrics in real time. It has always made sense to deploy...
Development
Quick and Clean: Deploy A Sanitizing Robot Without Full Autonomy
Jun 17, 2020 |
3 min read
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, several robotics companies have joined the battle against the virus. Some Robots are reporting for...
Industrial Robotics
Logistics: Deploy & Remotely Manage Material Handling Robots Now
Jun 17, 2020 |
4 min read
A recent report by ABI predicts 4,000,000 robots will be deployed in 50,000 warehouses by 2025. This means the next decade will be spent shipping and...
Industrial Robotics
Deploying AgRobots In Time For Harvest with Freedom Pilot
Jun 17, 2020 |
3 min read
Labor shortages and increasing concerns around sustainability have led to deployment of a variety of robots in the field with more to come:...
Development
Deploying on Mars: Rock solid Odometry for Wheeled Robots
Jun 11, 2020 |
14 min read
This is the third blog in the build series of my NASA-JPL Open Source Rover. It walks through setting up wheel odometry and what that means in ROS,...
Development
Deploying on Mars: How to Pick Sensors to Enable Navigation for Your Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR)
Jun 08, 2020 |
9 min read
This is the second blog in the build series of my NASA-JPL Open Source Rover. For part 1 please click here. It walks through hard-learned lessons of...
Development
How to Build Stable ROS Development and Test Environments with Docker
May 22, 2020 |
2 min read
We have been talking for a while now about logging data so you can view it in realtime, historically or use it to save data like images along with...
Development
On the Path to Full Autonomy: Turning your Robot into a Data Collection Platform
May 20, 2020 |
3 min read
Robots are great at running their repetitive autonomous tasks - security & inspection routes, bin picking, fruit harvesting, forklift robots all...
Development
Deploying on Mars: NASA-JPL Open Source Rover
May 09, 2020 |
3 min read
This is an Open Source Mars Rover that contains a full rocker bogie suspension. Testing the Freedom Robotics Platform in challenging and new...
Product Announcement
Introducing Link ROS: Cloud Logging for ROS 1 and ROS 2
Apr 30, 2020 |
4 min read
Our Head of Robotics Stephen Hansen does a quick demo overview of Freedom Robotics Link ROS: Cloud Logging for ROS 1 and ROS 2 As robotics...
Product Announcement
Freedom Robotics Introducing: Robot Cloud Logging In One Line Of Code
Nov 11, 2019 |
3 min read
I am very excited to introduce the ability to synchronize a filtered version of all your robot data to the cloud and access the data both...
Future of Robotics
The Future With Robots: Boston Dynamics' Vision
Oct 03, 2019 |
2 min read
In the past, commercial advertising for robotics has been largely limited to iRobot’s autonomous vacuum cleaner, better known as the Roomba. Boston...
Product Announcement
Freedom Robotics Introducing: SSH From Anywhere for Robots
Sep 09, 2019 |
3 min read
Introducing the ability to SSH into your robot from anywhere, securely, in one click, through Freedom Robotic's API. You Always Need To Access...
Product Announcement
Freedom Robotics Introducing: ROS 2 Support
Jul 29, 2019 |
2 min read
Today we are announcing ROS 2 support for the Freedom Robotics’ platform. I have had the opportunity to sit down with many of our customers and...
Product Announcement
Freedom Robotics Introducing: Single Line Install for Robotics
Jul 25, 2019 |
4 min read
One of the most frustrating parts of robotics is finding a new library that you are excited to use, only to spend hours on installation and setup...
News & Company Culture
Freedom Robotics: Seed Round and Coming out of Stealth
Jul 24, 2019 |
1 min read
Welcome To A Future of Freedom My name is Joshua Wilson, and I am the CEO of Freedom Robotics. Today, I am incredibly proud and honored to be able...
Future of Robotics
Freedom Robotics at Boston Robotics Summit 2019
Jun 20, 2019 |
2 min read
Our team has attended every single Boston Robotics Summit and this year was no different. With half our team coming out of MIT, Boston is always an...