Futurist Peter Warren Singer drew lessons from the past in Wednesday’s XPONENTIAL 2021 keynote as he challenged his audience to grapple with the overarching questions that the prospect of an unmanned revolution raises for society.
The questions, Singer noted, are increasingly urgent, given that advances toward the revolution have picked up dramatic speed during the pandemic.
He cited a statistic from Stanford University’s AI Index, global investment in artificial intelligence grew 40 percent from 2019 to 2020, compared with growth of only 12 percent from 2018 to 2019. That statistic reflects what average consumers have witnessed in the form of heightened use of remote technologies for things like distance learning, telemedicine and drone delivery.
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The Use of AI in Industrial Application Inspection
From small drones for retail sales to larger maritime vessels for public safety uses, specification requirements for manufacturers of unmanned systems vary as widely by the types of systems being made, materials and methods employed, and the sites of production.
TeledyneDALSA, part of the Teledyne Imaging Group, is a leading provider of technologies for industrial growth markets, and understands the challenges US manufacturers face and offers solutions enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to meet these needs throughout the full manufacturing workflow.
Key Pillars for the Unmanned Industry to Achieve Assured Autonomy
As the AUVSI community looks forward to XPONENTIAL 2021, AUVSI hosted an XPONENTIAL Webinar Series to preview the educational programming that will take place virtually and in-person at the event later this year. The week’s programming kicked off with Dr. Cara LaPointe, co-director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Assured Autonomy and an expert at the intersection of technology, policy, leadership, and ethics.
Dep. Sec. Def. Hicks Highlights Importance of Autonomous Systems
Newly minted Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks has a bold vision for our nation’s military forces, and AUVSI has found many aspects of this new stance to celebrate.
A career civil servant with significant defense policy experience, she is our nation’s first female Deputy Secretary of Defense. Most important among her stated priorities include modernizing the country’s military forces, with an emphasis on autonomous systems and artificial intelligence.
Weekend Roundup: December 18, 2020
This week in the Unmanned Systems and Robotics World
Skydio has announced the general availability of a broad set of advanced AI-pilot assistance capabilities for enterprise and public sector operators called Skydio Autonomy Enterprise Foundation (AEF). According to Skydio, AEF optimizes the Skydio 2 drone for professional use in a wide range of missions, including outdoor/indoor inspections, search and rescue, emergency response, security patrol, and situational awareness. (Skydio)
Conversations with AUVSI: Miso Robotics
Miso Robotics is creating innovative robotics and artificial intelligence solutions designed to revolutionize the restaurant and prepared food industries. The company was founded with a mission to leverage AI technology to help chefs cook food perfectly and consistently and enable restaurants to increase labor productivity, reduce costs and drive profitability while improving the overall dining experience.
In the fourth edition of “Conversations with AUVSI,” Buck Jordan, president and chairman of Miso Robotics, took the time to answer some questions about Miso Robotics’ background, the company's robotic kitchen assistant, Flippy, and the company’s various partnerships with different restaurants and kitchens.
Dr. Cara LaPointe provides an overview of Assured Autonomy, the theme of Xponential 2021
As autonomy and artificial intelligence continue to be integrated into systems across society, making sure these systems work properly continues to be of the utmost importance.
“It’s really important to make sure these systems work like they’re supposed to, but it can be really hard,” says Dr. Cara LaPointe, co-director, Institute for Assured Autonomy, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.
The goal is to reach a point of assured autonomy, where people can be confident that the autonomous systems around them are, and will, operate the way they are designed to. Reaching this point requires making sure that these systems are safe, secure, resilient and capable of operating within an ecosystem alongside humans and other technologies.
Brain Corp's manufacturing partners deploy autonomous delivery tugs across the U.S.
Artificial intelligence software technology company Brain Corp has announced that its manufacturing partners are involved in several pilots and initial deployments of autonomous delivery tugs powered by BrainOS, which is Brain Corp’s cloud-connected operating system for commercial autonomous robots.
According to Brain Corp, these commercial rollouts mark the industry debut of a “new robotic application that helps retailers bridge the automation gap in moving inventory from the stockroom out to store shelves.”
White Castle to equip its kitchens with Miso Robotics' Flippy autonomous grilling and frying kitchen assistant
America’s first fast-food hamburger chain, White Castle, has announced plans to pilot Miso Robotics' Robot-on-a-Rail (ROAR) autonomous grilling and frying kitchen assistant to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence and robotics in the restaurant industry.
ROAR, which is the new version of Flippy—the first autonomous grilling and frying kitchen assistant from Miso Robotics—will be integrated into kitchens for testing and future integration. During the deployment, autonomous frying will be put to work to enhance production speeds, improve labor allocation and provide an added layer of health and safety in the cooking process.
Northrop Grumman's Firebird demonstrates multi-mission capabilities during recent exercise
Northrop Grumman has announced that it recently completed a series of mission focused engagements, including integration and testing of Overwatch Imaging’s TK-9 Earthwatch sensor on its Firebird system.
A provider of automated airborne imaging systems for piloted and unmanned aircraft, Overwatch Imaging's TK-9 Earthwatch sensor is equipped with a flexible onboard AI-enabled automatic image processing engine that allows the system to quickly adapt to new roles in new environments such as natural disaster emergency management, border security patrol, or large-scale infrastructure inspection.
