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MathWorks has announced that a comprehensive “Deep Learning with MATLAB” course is now available, developed in collaboration with NVIDIA’s Deep Learning Institute. The two-day course is being offered in instructor-led online and self-paced on-demand formats throughout the rest of 2020. On completion, engineers, scientists and researchers will be ready to apply GPU-accelerated deep learning techniques in MATLAB to common applications such as image classification, autonomous systems, voice recognition, and object detection. For dates and locations, visit the Deep Learning with MATLAB course schedule. MathWorks provides a comprehensive platform for building AI-driven systems that is based on decades of supporting complex…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 48.49
MathWorks announces expanded access to MATLAB Parallel Server to help speed academic research. Now all researchers and students at academic institutions with a MathWorks Campus-Wide License that includes MATLAB Parallel Server have unlimited access to scale MATLAB programs and Simulink simulations to clusters and clouds. The new flexible usage policy also extends to visiting professors and researchers from other academic institutions to enable collaboration. MATLAB Parallel Server provides a way to use additional compute resources to speed up research. Now faculty, researchers and students across an entire campus can run an unlimited number of simultaneous MATLAB computational engines, called MATLAB…
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MathWorks introduces Motor Control Blockset, an add-on product for Simulink for designing and implementing motor control algorithms. Now, motor control engineers can use reference examples and Simulink blocks for developing field-oriented control algorithms to spin brushless motors. The blockset extends the set of Simulink products for motor control design, enabling engineers to test algorithms with each design change, generate fast and compact ANSI/ISO C code, and use simulation to validate software, reducing certification testing cycles. “Instead of a process where handwritten code is not verified until actual motor testing, engineers can use simulation and code generation to catch errors earlier…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 41.66
MathWorks announces key updates to Simulink Real-Time that enhance rapid control prototyping and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing with Model-Based Design. In Release 2020b, Simulink Real-Time has been enabled with the QNX Neutrino RTOS, a multi-process 64-bit POSIX-compliant real-time operating system from BlackBerry. The QNX RTOS is used in safety-critical systems for vehicles, medical devices, industrial controls, rail, robotics and aerospace & defense. The update builds on the existing Simulink Real-Time and Speedgoat integration, enabling engineers to extend their Simulink models with I/O driver blocks, automatically build real-time applications, create instrumentation and perform interactive or automated runs on a target computer. Engineers…
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MathWorks announces that with the recent availability of Release 2019b of the MATLAB and Simulink product families, Vision HDL Toolbox includes native multipixel streaming support to process high-frame-rate (HFR) and high-resolution videos on FPGAs. Video, image processing and FPGA design engineers can speed the exploration and simulation of behavior and implementation tradeoffs when processing 4k or 8k video and videos with resolutions of 240fps or higher. Vision HDL Toolbox offers blocks that can process four or eight pixels in parallel, with the underlying hardware implementation automatically updated to support simulation and code generation with the specified parallelism. This capability helps…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 39.18
…things are happening in engineering technology, we usually find MathWorks waiting there for us. There is a new release of MATLAB and Simulink capabilities in support of artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, automotive engineering and more tools for engineering success. It was a no-brainer to select MathWorks Release 2019b as our Editor’s Pick of the Week. Our readership surveys reveal strong and growing interest in AI and deep learning (DL) for product design. MATLAB is there in the 2019b update with various new features, including new tools for data preparation and labeling, with a focus on identifying and visualizing what DL…
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MathWorks introduces Release 2020a with expanded AI capabilities for deep learning. Engineers can now train neural networks in the updated Deep Network Designer app, manage multiple deep learning experiments in a new Experiment Manager app, and choose from more network options to generate deep learning code. R2020a introduces new capabilities specifically for automotive and wireless engineers in addition to hundreds of new and updated features for all users of MATLAB and Simulink. AI and Deep Learning “MathWorks provides a comprehensive platform for building AI-driven systems,” says David Rich, MATLAB marketing director. “We’ve taken three decades of product, consulting and support…
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…suite and graphical block-diagram environment for Model-Based Design by MathWorks. This integration streamlines the development process, enabling researchers to bring their ideas to life with ease. By establishing a direct connection to the robot and closing the real-time loop at 1 kHz via Franka Control Interface (FCI), researchers can develop control algorithms across various modalities, visualize data and streamline the debugging and prototyping process. This real-time connectivity enhances the efficiency and effectiveness of robotics research, empowering researchers to progress at a faster pace, according to Franka Robotics. “At Franka Robotics, our mission is to develop technology that empowers big-thinkers and…
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…and public services. In partnership with companies such as MathWorks, the Open AI Challenge focused on better preparation for natural disasters in the Caribbean. The competition hosted 1,425 participants, including engineers, scientists and students, from over 150 countries. These competitors contributed to the 2,753 entries aimed at developing the best algorithms for social good. A discussion panel accompanied the competition, where participants taught and learned from others in the data science community. Neha Goel is a deep learning technical evangelist for student competitions for MathWorks. We spoke to Goel to gain more understanding of this competition. Here’s how the conversation…
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MathWorks has introduced Release 2020b of the MATLAB and Simulink product families. New capabilities in MATLAB simplify working with graphics and apps, and Simulink updates focus on expanded access and speed, including the launch of Simulink Online for access through web browsers. R2020b also introduces new products that build on artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, speed up autonomous systems development, and accelerate creation of 3D scenes for automated driving simulation. More details are available in the Release 2020b video. Among the hundreds of new and updated features, MATLAB adds new bubble and swarm charts, the ability to diff and merge App…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.38
…MassRobotics' partners and the Massachusetts robotics ecosystem including SolidWorks, MathWorks, Lightspeed Manufacturing, and GreenSight. Dassault Systèmes supports Jumpstart program The first Jumpstart cohort was made possible through funding and support provided by The Boston Foundation, Dassault Systèmes' La Fondation and Mass Tech Collaborative. “We at Dassault Systèmes' La Fondation are delighted to support the MassRobotics Jumpstart Program,” said Deborah Dean, president of Dassault Systèmes' La Fondation. “We recognize the importance of the mission to empower minority women with technical skills and expertise and look forward to welcoming them to the tech industry in their careers.” Hands-on exposure will show young…
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…ICRA NVIDIA partners such as Ahead.io, Cogniteam, Connect Tech, Mathworks, and Silicon Highway will also be at ICRA. They plan to demonstrate robotics research using the NVIDIA Jetson Orin platform for edge AI and robotics as well as the NVIDIA Isaac simulation platform. In other partnership news, Numurus LLC last week announced that it has joined the NVIDIA Metropolis partner program for vision AI applications. The Seattle-based company incorporates NVIDIA CUDA-X software libraries, the JetPack development environment, Nsight developer tools, and Jetson system-on-modules within its product line. Future integration with the NVIDIA TAO Toolkit and DeepStream SDK will enable developers…