Alphabet's Intrinsic launches Flowstate, a platform to help develop robotic apps

Alphabet's Intrinsic has launched Flowstate, a development platform that allows non-roboticists to create workflows for hardware systems. The platform uses a graphical tree for users to put together complex workflows that include pose estimation, manipulation, force-based insertion, and path planning. The software includes a library of skills which helps in automated perception, deep learning, reinforcement learning, motion planning, simulation, and force control. Intrinsic also plans to offer third-party skills to encourage broader ecosystem involvement. The platform will use Gazebo, an open-source platform, for simulation that helps the user to run scenarios to determine real-world outcomes.