Fizyr, a provider of vision AI for robotic systems, is set to announce its new Partner Program and introduce certified Vision Packs at the upcoming MODEX 2024 Supply Chain Expo in Atlanta, taking place from March 11 to 14. The company focusing not solely on research and development in laboratory settings but by also collaborating with other systems and robotics integrators to develop real-world applications.
Marco van der Hoeven
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The Dutch tech ecosystem, despite showing resilience during the pandemic, faces challenges in maintaining its growth momentum. The absence of newly established billion-dollar companies and IPOs in 2022 and 2023, along with a slight decline in the overall ecosystem value to approximately €240 billion, signals a deceleration in growth. This contrasts with the steady growth in other European countries like the UK and France.
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The challenge of human and robot interaction
As robots become more ubiquitous and more intelligent, more people will interact with them. But how do you design these complex systems in such a way that humans can comfortably interact with those machines? Preceding a workshop on this theme at ERF 2024, Rocking Robots discussed human-robot interaction with Valeria Villani, a researcher at the University of Modena.
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Rain, specializing in autonomous aerial wildfire containment technology, and Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company developing rotorcraft, have completed a series of flight tests. These tests demonstrated the capabilities of an autonomous helicopter in the early suppression of wildland fires. The collaboration involved integrating Rain’s wildfire mission autonomy technology with Sikorsky’s Optionally Piloted Black Hawk helicopter, which is equipped with the MATRIX flight autonomy system.
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The GSMA Mobile World Congress (MWC) Barcelona 2024 last week received over 101,000 attendees from 205 countries and territories. The event serves as a major gathering for the mobile connectivity industry, featuring a combination of exhibition, conference, and policymaker gatherings.
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Agility Robotics, the company behind bipedal Mobile Manipulation Robot (MMR) Digit, has appointed Peggy Johnson as its new Chief Executive Officer. Johnson’s appointment is part of Agility’s strategy to expand its commercial deployments, enhance its product range, and scale up the manufacturing of Digit.
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Last week, Leiden-based company DataPebbles hosted this year’s first edition of DataTalks. Invited by Surajeet Bhuinya, a group of data and AI experts came together in an informal setting to discuss several aspects of AI affecting the world of data.
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How can responsible innovation principles be implemented in robots and XR systems that can model, profile and understand users? And how can socially acceptable interaction and communication systems be developed for robots? How can socially acceptance be evaluated? These questions will be discussed during one of the workshops at ERF, where media partner Rocking Robots will be participating.
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Humanoid robot maker Figure AI announced the completion of a $675 million Series B funding round, resulting in a valuation of $2.6 billion. This funding round included investments from a range of entities including Microsoft, OpenAI Startup Fund, NVIDIA, Jeff Bezos through Bezos Expeditions, Parkway Venture Capital, Intel Capital, Align Ventures, and ARK Invest.
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Dr. Dympna O’Sullivan is Head of Research at the Faculty of Computing, Digital and Data at the Technological University Dublin. She has a PhD in AI, and her current research focuses on the way AI systems align with human values. AI and data science are one of the key research topics at the TU, and the institute cooperates closely with Workday, which works on AI at its EMEA Headquarters in Dublin. Rocking Robots sat down with her to discuss the way AI impacts society.