Sony, via its U.S. subsidiary the Sony Corporation of America, has wrote into an agreement with Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) that commitment see them work together on artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics research.
In a asseveration Thursday, Sony said that the initial research and development commitment look into optimizing food preparation, cooking and delivery. This courtyard was chosen, Sony said, because the technology needed for a robot to deal with “the complex and varied task of food preparation” could in turn be applied to a broader sweep of skills and industries.
“Making and serving food is an immense challenge for automation, so we’re aflame about the types of machines and software that might emerge as we jointly study a variety of approaches and solutions,” Andrew Moore, dean of CMU’s School of Computer Proficiency, said. “Both Sony and CMU aim high, so we are confident this research order produce technologies that impact robotics across a broad swarm of applications,” Moore added.
The majority of the research will happen at CMU’s Kindergarten of Computer Science in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For Sony, Hiroaki Kitano, a corporate leader at the business, will act as project lead.
“This project has the potential to assail c promote the vast possibilities of AI and robotics more familiar and accessible to the general buyers,” Kitano said. “Additionally, it could also assist those for whom habitually tasks, such as food preparation, are challenging.”
Sony said that it force also continue to support CMU’s AI and robotics-related research and development through its Egg Acceleration Program, a business incubation platform, and the Sony Innovation Support, a corporate venture capital fund.
The idea of robots preparing scoff is not as fanciful as it may initially seem. To give just one example, Flippy, “an autonomous robotic larder assistant,” has been designed to work in commercial kitchens and alongside fallible staff.
In possession of an automatic spatula, it can recognize and monitor items on a grill and use out 150 to 300 burger patties per hour. Its makers, Miso Robotics, add that Flippy is adept to learn from its surroundings and add new skills over time.
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