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Emotion analysis
Nviso's Swiss AI makes Panasonic's companion robot empathetic
Fri 29.04.2022 - 09:10
By Yannick Chavanne
Nviso's deep learning algorithms, EPFL's spin-off, are embedded in Panasonic's Nicobo companion robot, as part of a multi-year license agreement.
Panasonic's Nicobo companion robot has real-time facial and emotional recognition capabilities, thanks to the solutions of the Swiss firm Nviso. (Source: Panasonic)
A spin-off of EPFL specialising in the recognition of facial expressions for emotion analysis, Nviso announces that it has signed a multi-year license agreement with Panasonic. In this context, the Human Behavioural Analytics AI software solution will equip the Nicobo companion robot from the Japanese manufacturer.
Based on deep learning, the applications provided to Panasonic by Nviso take care of, in real time, facial tracking, identification of the head position, but also facial and emotion recognition. These artificial intelligence applications are specially designed for hardware platforms within companion robots that need to be limited in resources (battery consumption). These can thus operate permanently without an internet connection, Nviso emphasises in his statement. The French-speaking company adds that unlike cloud solutions, its own do not require information to be sent off the device for processing, which protects the user's privacy and security.
"Over the past two years, we have worked with Panasonic's development team to realise a vision to help people live at home healthier and happier through smart and empathetic devices. Our team of engineers has provided an excellent visual intelligence solution to meet the demanding power, cost and performance needs of high-volume mass processing platforms required by manufacturers like Panasonic," says Tim Llewellynn, CEO of Nviso”
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It is important to read the above article together with the press release about the Nviso Brainchip partnership and note the statement of past fact not future fact with regards to whether the two technologies are compatible. Nviso and Brainchip have clearly been working together for some time.
EAP customers were first being announced by Brainchip about 2 years ago now. Nviso has been working with Panasonic for two years:
19th April, 2022
Lausanne, Switzerland & Laguna Hills, Calif. – April 19, 2022 –
BrainChip Holdings Ltd (ASX: BRN, OTCQX: BRCHF, ADR: BCHPY), the world’s first commercial producer of neuromorphic AI IP and chips, and
NVISO SA (NVISO), the leading human behavioral analytics AI company, today announced a collaboration targeting battery-powered applications in robotics and mobility/automotive to address the need for high levels of AI performance with ultra-low power technologies. The initial effort will include implementing NVISO’s AI solutions for Social Robots and In-cabin Monitoring Systems on BrainChip’s Akida™ processors.
Developers of automotive and consumer technologies are striving for devices that better respond to human behavior—which requires tools and applications to interpret human behavior captured from cameras and sensors on devices. However, these environments can be constrained by limited compute performance, power consumption, and cloud connectivity lapses. Akida addresses these weaknesses with high performance and ultra-low power (micro- to milliwatts) as well as by performing AI/ML processing of vision/image, motion, and sound data directly on devices, instead of in a remote cloud. Since information is not sent off-device, user privacy and security are also protected.
NVISO’s technology is uniquely able to analyze signals of human behavior such as facial expressions, emotions, identity, head poses, gaze, gestures, activities, and objects with which users interact. In robotics and in-vehicle applications, human behavior analytics detect the user’s emotional state to provide personalized, adaptive, interactive, safe devices and systems. The result of the collaboration between NVISO and BrainChip is expected to enable more advanced, more capable, and more accurate AI on consumer products.
“Our work with BrainChip will support AI’s demanding power/cost/performance needs for OEMs, even at mass production and scale, so they can benefit from faster and more efficient development cycles,” said Tim Llewellynn, CEO of NVISO. “Ultra-low power edge-based consumer processing is expected to deliver a more intelligent and individualized user experience, and we believe running our AI solutions for Social Robots and In-cabin Monitoring Systems on Akida will provide a competitive edge for joint customers demanding always-on features on low power budgets.”
“NVISO’s human behavioral analytics AI systems offer fascinating possibilities in homes, cars, buildings, hospitals, and more, and we’re enthusiastic about supporting these functions with BrainChip’s processing performance and energy efficiency,” said Sean Hehir, BrainChip CEO. “This is not only a collaboration between two companies, it’s advancing the state of the art in AI with platforms for edge AI devices to interpret human behavior, improving product performance and user experience.”
BrainChip’s first-to-market neuromorphic processor, Akida, mimics the human brain to analyze only essential sensor inputs at the point of acquisition, processing data with unparalleled efficiency, precision, and economy of energy. Keeping AI/ML local to the chip, independent of the cloud, also dramatically reduces latency while improving privacy and data security.”
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