Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 27.78
July 28, 2021
…from M12, Microsoft Corp.'s venture fund, as well as Qualcomm Ventures LLC, Hitachi Ventures, and existing investors. The Westlake, Calif.-based company provides artificial intelligence and autonomous mobile robots as a service to improve warehouse throughput and workforce efficiency. “We are proud and honored to have earned the confidence from these industry-leading investors who are equally as committed to the progression of automation within the supply chain as we are,” said Lior Elazary, co-founder and CEO of inVia. “We have intentionally aligned ourselves in the best interest of our customers and their businesses, finding ways to not only optimize productivity, but…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 24.82
December 23, 2021
…ranging from SUVs to commercial trucks. Source: GWM Meituan, Qualcomm help create new unicorn With its Series A round, Haomo said it has achieved “unicorn” status, with a valuation of more than $1 billion. Participants included Meituan; GL Ventures, which is Hillhouse Capital’s early-stage investment unit; Qualcomm Ventures; Hong Kong-listed Shoucheng Holdings Ltd.; and JZ Capital. Haomo said it plans to use its latest funding on research and development, as well as building its pool of talent. In February, the company raised “hundreds of millions of yuan” from Shougang Fund, Meituan, and GL Ventures. “We are very optimistic about the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 24.45
February 05, 2021
The Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship (QIF) recognizes creative Ph.D. students, providing them with funding, mentoring and other resources to pursue innovative research. This year, five UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering teams were awarded fellowships—four from Computer Science and Engineering and one from Electrical and Computer Engineering. “This is the most QIF awards UC San Diego has ever received in a single year,” says Sorin Lerner, chair of the computer science department. “We are honored by Qualcomm’s commitment to our students and excited to watch them solve important and impactful research problems.” Each team will receive $100,000 from Qualcomm to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 22.09
September 05, 2024
…across borders. Speakers to include Google Cloud, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Qualcomm The summit will feature sessions including a debate on the future of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), panel discussions on AI-powered precision medicine, and workshops on AI's role in sustainable development and smart cities. Executives from Silicon Valley and worldwide, policymakers, and AI researchers, will lead discussions on the future of AI governance, the ethical implications of AI, and the role of international cooperation in harnessing AI’s potential covering important topics such as the ethical AI framework and the impact of the Islamic World AI Charter. Speakers will include Cristiano Amon,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 20.07
April 11, 2019
…a rich background of autonomous robotics at Google, Toyota, Qualcomm, General Atomics and Kiva Systems (now Amazon Robotics). Founded in 2015, Canvas has already showcased some impressive technologies, including a fully autonomous cart system that positions the startup as a direct competitor with the likes of Bay Area-based Fetch. Canvas Technology raised a $15 million Series A led by Playground Global. Canvas is led by Jonathan McQueen, who spent six years at Qualcomm. The Canvas Autonomous Cart was on display at Playground’s open house roughly this time last year, doing an impressive job avoiding people and obstacles in the crowded…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 19.54
July 07, 2021
…participation from previous investor Voyager Capital, as well as Qualcomm Ventures LLC and GoodFriends. The startup said its round was oversubscribed with interest from venture capital firms because of its record year-over-year growth in revenue and strong customer demand. “Plain and simple, WellSaid is the future of content creation for voice,” said Cameron Borumand, general partner at FUSE. “This is why thousands of customers love using the product daily with off-the-charts bottom-up adoption.” “Content creators or product experience designers were previously faced with difficult tradeoffs between quality and scalability when using TTS tools or human voiceover,” said James Newell of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 19.37
August 16, 2023
…of India's manufacturing industry.” DFI supports mobile robots with Qualcomm As the use of automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) increases, the performance demands are also higher, noted DFI. The company has developed the QRB551, which it claimed is “the world's first single-board computer” (SBC) with the QRB5165 high-performance processor. This product works with Qualcomm's RB5 robot development platform, whose low power consumption and high performance make it suitable for integrating 5G networking and top-level edge AI for robotics innovations, said DFI. In addition, the QRB551 address AI applications such as appearance identification, defect detection, and human…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 18.84
December 14, 2021
…led ForwardX's initial Series C round, with contributions from Qualcomm Ventures and Starlight Capital. Only seven months after the closure of its $63 million Series B round, the latest funding brings ForwardX to approximately $100 million in total investment since its founding in 2016. “As a result of the continuous increase in labor costs and the steady advancement of artificial intelligence, the trend towards robotics investment is becoming more and more pronounced, particularly towards systems focused on automating the repetitive, physical tasks seen in low-skill material handling work,” said Wei Wei, investment director at Taikang Asset Management. “ForwardX’s team possesses…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 18.38
November 03, 2021
…company claimed. San Diego, Calif.-based ModalAI spun out of Qualcomm Technologies Inc. in 2018 and uses more than five years of prior research in the drone and robotics markets. The company said it accelerates the development of smaller, smarter and safer drones with SWAP-optimized Blue UAS Framework autopilots built in the U.S. From home and business security to retail and government applications, ModalAI said its highly integrated AI-powered modules enable a variety of industries to use aerial and ground autonomous navigation systems that communicate on 4G and 5G cellular networks. VOXL CAM offers computing, navigation in one package The VOXL…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.63
June 02, 2021
…Capital led the Series D2 round, and Denso Corp. led the first tranche. Other investors included Legend Capital and Qualcomm Ventures. There could be as many as 8 million driverless cars on the roads by 2025, and the global market for autonomous vehicles could reach $677.7 billion by 2026, according to ABI Research.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.24
October 21, 2019
…Present State and Future Directions for Intelligent Vision-Based Collaborative Robots (Nov. 13, 4 p.m. - 5 p.m.) Henrik Christensen, Qualcomm Chancellor’s Chair in Robot Systems, professor of computer science at UC San Diego and director of the Institute for Contextual Robotic, UC San Diego; and co-founder, Robust.AI. Last year, CRAV.ai drew more than 500 attendees, including engineers and decision makers from companies like Google, Apple, Intel, Lockheed Martin, Toyota and many more. The full agenda can be found here: https://crav.ai/agenda. Register at https://crav.ai.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.61
March 17, 2023
…Specifically, the company will highlight its recent partnership with Qualcomm, since it is taking advantage of its robotics platforms, it said. Robots from the company's Flex Series line are mainly used for piece-picking, Guen noted, while robots from its Apex Series are used to carry pallets. Robots from its Max Series are used to handle similar items to the Flex Series but can handle higher case-and-pallet picking payloads. Its robots use lidar, computer vision and IMU sensors to navigate. Guen estimated that the Flex Series in particular will be popular in the U.S. market given the demand for more robots…
