Meta Has Created a Robot That Can Learn From Humans

April 06, 2023 at 10:56 AM EDT

Social networking and metaverse giant Meta just revealed that it has created a method for training AI-powered robots that will be able to assist with everything from rescue operations to household duties. The breakthrough came from two research projects focusing on AI that powers a robot. Currently, getting robots to perform tasks requires a massive amount of effort that involves programming them to recognize things like obstacles or use special markers that the robots can read and follow. That’s where Meta’s artificial visual cortex and adaptive skilled coordination come in. The artificial visual cortex allows the system to watch videos of people doing tasks like grocery shopping or cooking lunch, while adaptive skilled coordination trains the robot how to navigate the world by training it using virtual settings alone. Meta (NASDAQ:META) isn’t the only tech company working with generative AI. Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) are also working with next generation robotics to make life easier. Meanwhile, Knightscope (NASDAQ:KSCP) is creating, producing, and deploying autonomous security robots (ASRs) that deter, detect and report crimes in locations where people work, live and play.

Knightscope (NASDAQ:KSCP), a top manufacturer of autonomous security robots (ASRs) and blue light emergency communication systems, has carried on installing its cutting-edge security technology in educational institutions, healthcare facilities, amusement parks, office buildings, and local governments across the country. Since the beginning of the year, the company has closed almost 40 new sales and renewed seven ASR subscription contracts, including several in the first week of April. The company has also continued to receive new purchase orders from its resellers.

On April 6, Knightscope received three new purchase orders for its K1 emergency communication systems and has deployed another K5 ASR at a healthcare facility in Ohio, continuing to add to the company’s top-line growth.

The new customers include VIA Metro Transit of San Antonio, Texas, which ordered 1 K1 BLT, and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, which is purchasing 6 K1 Retrofit Kits through TS&L, a Knightscope Authorized Partner in Florida. The public tribal land-grant community college in New Mexico purchased 8 K1 Blue Light Towers with solar power and public address capabilities.

In addition to these new sales, an existing Ohio-based healthcare client who expanded its contract earlier this year deployed a K5 ASR at its second location to provide an additional layer of perimeter protection in the parking lot surrounding its facility. This client is a pharmaceutical company that is a global manufacturer and distributor of medical and laboratory products as well as a provider of performance and data solutions for healthcare.

Three days earlier, Knightscope announced that Mt. San Antonio College has ordered 11 K1 Blue Light Towers, 7 K1 Emergency Phones, and a 1-year full service maintenance plan to enhance its emergency communications and, as a result, its capacity to obtain crucial assistance when required.

The Denver International Airport Annual also signed a contract for Knightscope’s monitoring and wireless service plan for 40 K1 Call Boxes to be installed along the main road leading to and from the airport as well as other locations on airport property.

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Tech Companies Are Developing Security Solutions and Robots With AI

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has launched Microsoft Security Copilot, which will provide defenders with a much-needed tool for swiftly detecting and responding to threats as well as better understanding the broader threat landscape. Security Copilot will utilize an easy-to-use AI assistant to supplement the job of security professionals by combining Microsoft’s enormous threat intelligence footprint with industry-leading knowledge. Security Copilot is intended to work in tandem with security teams, allowing defenders to see what is going on in their environment, learn from existing intelligence, correlate threat activity, and make more informed, efficient decisions at machine speed.

Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) has completed the acquisition of Mandiant, Inc., which is known as a leader in services for dynamic cyber defense, threat intelligence, and incident response. Mandiant will continue to use the Mandiant moniker while becoming a Google Cloud partner. Customers and partners of Google Cloud benefit from these cutting-edge security capabilities, which include world-class threat intelligence, zero trust architecture, and planet-scale analytics for security operations. Mandiant is a proven first responder to the world’s major cybersecurity incidents, with a reputation for providing exceptional frontline experience and industry-leading threat intelligence. With this purchase, Google Cloud and Mandiant will provide customers with an end-to-end security operations suite with even more capabilities to help them across both cloud and on-premise settings.

Meta (NASDAQ:META) announced on March 31 two significant advances towards general-purpose embodied AI entities capable of tackling difficult sensorimotor tasks. First, Meta created an artificial visual cortex (referred to as VC-1). The single perceptual model, for the first time, accommodates a wide range of sensorimotor skills, settings, and embodiments. VC-1 is trained on footage of humans performing ordinary tasks from Meta AI and academic partners’ pioneering Ego4D dataset. In virtual environments, VC-1 meets or beats best-known results on 17 separate sensorimotor tasks. Second, ASC is a revolutionary technique that delivers near-perfect performance (98% success) on the difficult task of robotic mobile manipulation (traveling to an object, picking it up, navigating to another position, setting the object, repeating) in physical surroundings.

Recently, Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) explained how Astro, the company’s multi-use home robot, can explore its surroundings while having just rudimentary computational power. Astro’s inbuilt computing power and sensor field of view aren’t quite as strong as those of other autonomous robots. While this makes it more affordable for consumers, it also makes it more difficult for Amazon to produce high-quality motion. Amazon creates algorithms and software that let Astro move more easily in order to make up for its lack of computation ability. Astro’s navigating abilities rely heavily on predictive planning. The most recent sensor data, as well as what Astro anticipates its surroundings to be like if its plan is implemented, serve as the foundation for all of Astro’s theories. Because of its ability to foresee and manage uncertainty and collision hazards, the robot can make these predictions.

On April 4, Knightscope celebrated its 10th anniversary. The Company is recommitting to its goal of making the United States the safest country in the world by helping to protect the places where people live, work, study, and visit.

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