This feature, according to the company, allows remote teams to reduce their development costs by as much as 80% as they no longer need to pay for an in-house simulation maintenance team, expensive equipment, or cloud computing GPU capabilities.
Teams will be able to simulate POC robots at ‘breakneck speeds’, according to Dr. Yehuda Elmaliach, Co-Founder & CEO of Cogniteam. Adding that it will now be possible to, “upload your robot and drag and drop sensors, then run an in-browser simulation without worrying about costs or hardware capabilities.”
With the demand for robots with exponentially greater capabilities growing rapidly, so the demand for efficient simulation environments to ensure these robots behave as intended has also increased. Using Nimbus, robots can be developed using software libraries that have been previously field-tested on different devices, before any hardware is assembled. These capabilities include location, spatial recognition, robot autonomy, and cloud connectivity technologies - however, testing these machines in a simulated environment demands high computing power.
Without an in-browser simulator that has a fixed price, companies must either purchase costly equipment or write a seemingly blank check to access expensive cloud-based computing, suggested Dr. Elmaliach.
“Developing autonomy for a robot demands slow incremental code verification. This process is more efficient when testing against simulation first and later on the physical robot."
Running new and unpredictable simulations in silos is costly. The alternative is to spend nearly as much on expensive computers for each team member.
According to Dr. Elmaliach, “With Nimbus, upload your robot and drag and drop sensors, then run an in-browser simulation without worrying about costs or hardware capabilities. These are visible to all team members and 3rd party vendors, who can operate without worrying about costs or hardware capabilities.“
Aiming to reduce the high cost of robotic development while increasing collaboration, teams can work remotely on a single robot, updating the code and seeing its impact in real-time while in various environments.
Nimbus’ in-browser simulation capabilities can in effect act as an early proof of concept, allowing for a clearer understanding of how the robot will act in its intended environment.
