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I think India is a supermarket of problems, but we also have the potential to solve all these problems, Mr. Umakant Soni, CEO, AI & Robotics Technology Park (ARTPARK), said when asked about Indias ability to become a leader in AI.

We have all kinds of problems, if we look at transportation there is a problem, if we look at the weather, there is a problem. We look at roads, there is a problem, So, for AI, the problem data is actually very critical.

Mr. Umakant Soni, who is an alumni of IIT Kanpur, with his numerous years of experience in the industry behind him, is working towards making India a leader in the field of AI.

Besides developing some cool robots, ARTPARK has also undertaken various other projects. In an exclusive interview with Analytics India Magazine, Mr. Umakant Soni shares the vision for ARTPARKand some of the different projects they have undertaken.

We created ARTPARK to create breakthrough AI and robotics technology companies, which can impact 2 billion plus population by 2030.

ARTPARK, which Mr. Umakant Soni, also co-founded, is a non-profit backed Govt of Karnataka and Dept of Science & Technology, Govt of India, under the Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

With seed funding of INR 170 crores from the Department of Science Technology, Govt. of India, under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) and INR 60 crore grant from Govt. of Karnataka, ARTPARK wants to create and boost the university research ecosystem in India.

Mr. Umakant Soni, who is also an advisor for NITI Aayog, believes there is good enough research happening in universities in India; however, they often find it difficult to actually translate that research into useful products or companies that can scale.

When I was at IIT Kanpur, we were trying to start a startup based on my research but we couldnt do that, because there was no ecosystem at all.

However, a lot has changed since then.

With each IITs and IIITs, weve created hubs and connected them together. So this is a massive research ecosystem that India has created.

So we feel if the talent can be made to work on the research thats coming out, combined with the entrepreneurial talent, you know, we could actually have great companies coming out.

We want to support this university ecosystem through enough grant money from the government of India and combine it with entrepreneurial talent and the VC ecosystem. Now weve recently created a USD 100 million venture fund to support the ecosystem.

Robots developed by ARTPARK

We see that if we really want to enable health care at scale, people have to be kept really healthy outside of the hospitals. This is very critical.

By 2030, it is estimated that 80 per cent of the healthcare is going to be outside of the hospital.

Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, researchers at ARTPARK developed XraySetu, which is an AI model developed in collaboration with HealthTech startup Niramai Health Analytix.

How it works is you take a picture of an X-ray on your phone, send it across through a chatbot on WhatsApp, and you will get a report about your lung health in less than five minutes.

(Source: xraysetu.com)

When we first released it, it was being used by a few doctors in Uttar Karnataka. But what surprised us was that soon more than 10,000 doctors and technicians were using XraySety across India. Not only that, when we looked at the logs, we realised that 20 plus countries actually used it outside of India.

Now, ARTPARk is in the process of turning it into a company.

Then another thing that were trying to do in healthcare is creating gold standard datasets.

Most AI companies use the funding to create good datasets to train their AI algorithms, and this absorbs a lot of the funds they have raised.

But what if you could actually create these gold standard datasets and offer it to people to use right so that they dont have to do everything from scratch.

To create these gold standard datasets, ARTPARK is working closely with the Government of India and also with the private sector.

First of all, we are starting with cancer. Oral cancer is a big challenge in the northern side of India. Cervical cancer, too among women, is a concern. We feel that if we can start there and progressively go into more and more diseases, it could be a big, big game changer.

Another area where ARTPARK is trying to create gold standard datasets is in Indic languages.

We feel that the biggest beauty of India is the diversity in languages. We are working across more than 20 Indic languages.

Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Project Bhashini to help deliver web content in different Indic languages. The language datasets developed by ARTPARK will be significant in achieving the goals of Project Bhashini.

We need to figure out a way to make the local dialect more appreciable to the machine that youre just trying to understand. And maybe that is where the true AI will actually come out.

By leveraging AI and robotics, we can unlock human potential to the next level, Mr. Umakant Soni said.

Another big area that we are focusing on is education and learning because when we have spent billions of dollars in machine learning, we havent really looked at it with that same care and concern around human learning.

Today, AI algorithms are learning to beat the Grandmasters in chess in just seven to eight hours. That is scary because if youre not elevating human learning to the next level, then we potentially are setting up a very tricky situation where humans will not be able to differentiate themselves with respect to machines.

Taking the example of Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, Mr. Umakant Soni said that he was mesmerised by the way he moved to head a goal in a football match.

And here we are, were trying to work on this robotic dog, and, of course, its working, but the fluidity with which these athletes move is actually remarkable, and that makes you realise the extent of human intelligence.

So in some sense, in trying to create artificial intelligence, we are learning to appreciate human intelligence.

However, one of the biggest challenges today is that our education system does not appreciate human intelligence.

Weve been working on this experiential learning and looking at how we can change our schools. How can we change our colleges? How can we create the best environment for these human brains to reach their potential, which is unlimited.

In this regard, ARTPARK is working with the Government of Karnataka and Aalto University, Finland, among other parties.

Last year, when former NITI Aayog CEO Amit Kant said that India is well-positioned to become a global leader in AI, it made us wonder if India can compete with the likes of China and the US when it comes to AI.

Mr. Umakant Soni thinks we can. India possesses the right resources to achieve these goals. We have the right source of talent who can propel India towards becoming a leader in AI.

I think we are there in terms of talent as well. I completely agree. Around 11 per cent of top AI researchers are actually, you know, either born in India, or they are Indian-origin people, so we do have cutting-edge talent. Now with this whole NMI CPS mission, I think weve been producing more talent, Mr. Umakant Soni said.

Now, the challenge is to use these resources to their full potential and develop an ecosystem where AI development can progress flawlessly.

I think with the NMI-CPS mission, we are halfway there with the national AI mission also coming into play. Its a billion dollars of investment in AI research and innovation, and this could really propel AI development in India.

So if you ask me by 2030, I see that few of these societal scale AI systems will be in play, and most of the governments will be trying to leverage AI to run the complex governing mechanism. So would India be playing your role in that problem? As a leader, I would say theres a very high probability that we could be a potential leader.

In fact, India is the best possible place to try out new technology, according to Mr. Umakant Soni.

If we can get self-driving cars to work on Silk Board in Bengaluru, it will work in the US, it will work in Europe, it will work in the backyard of Elon Musk as well, he joked.

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Behind Indian Government Supported AI & Robotics Innovation Firm - Analytics India Magazine

New York, US, Aug. 23, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to a comprehensive research report by Market Research Future (MRFR), Cognitive Robotics Market Analysis by Learning Type and By Application Forecast 2030 valuation is poised to register an 11.12% CAGR throughout the forecast period (20222030).

Cognitive Robotics Market Overview

The human-machine partnership can bridge the gap between productivity and performance. Major industries have already embraced Industry 4.0, which introduces new concepts of integrating cognitive science and artificial intelligence.

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The cognitive robotics market is demonstrating rapid revenue growth. The increasing use of AI-driven robots and cognitive intelligence boosts the market size. Besides, the rising demand for cognitive intelligence and cognitive automation driven by Industry 4.0 supports the market growth. Cognitive intelligence can help humans boost the decision-making process and drive customer engagement within a short time span.

Efficiency and process optimization are critical in manufacturing, and labor shortages can hamper business growth. Cognitive robotic solutions can optimize human workforces and collectively optimize them in a highly productive and efficient manner. Efficient operations always allow a significant amount of time-saving for workers, which they can utilize in learning new skills needed to uplift production capacities.

Cognitive Robotics Market Segments

The cognitive robotics market is segmented into learning types, applications, and regions. The learning type segment comprises motor Babble, imitation, knowledge acquisition, and others. The application segment comprises automotive, aerospace & defense, healthcare, consumer electronics, commercial, and others. The region segment comprises the MEA Asia Pacific, Americas, Europe, and rest-of-the-world.

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Cognitive Robotics Market Regional Analysis

North America heads the global cognitive robotics market, witnessing the vast demand from defense, healthcare, and security. Besides, rising developments and automation across production units substantiate the market demand in this region. The rising focus on enhancing communication capabilities that are required by the defense sector in this region boosts the cognitive robotics market size.

Europe is another lucrative market for cognitive robotics globally. Increasing implementations of robotic solutions in a large number of industries escalate the region's market value. Additionally, the well-established automotive and aerospace & defense sector and the steadily growing need for automated auto manufacturing processes in this region influence market revenues. Furthermore, increasing R&D activities and investments in developing robotics impact the market dynamics.

The APAC cognitive robotics market is growing rapidly. The presence of the growing number of key technology providers and increasing development centers in the region boost the region's market share, allowing the early uptake of advanced robotics. Moreover, the growing industrialization and manufacturing sectors drive the regional market growth.

Industry Trends

Digitalization and Industry 4.0 have started transforming the tech space with cutting-edge technologies. Innovations through cutting-edge technologies such as AI, robotics, and IoT have already started accelerating the productivity rate in various industries. These constant innovations have a huge impact on industrial scenarios. Industry 4.0 has pushed the boundaries to embrace digital transformation efficiently and effectively.

Over recent years, the cognitive robotics market has been making significant strides, mainly due to the integration of artificial intelligence technology in robotics. The rising use of cognitive robotics in growing numbers of manufacturing, distribution, and fulfillment centers for various industrial tasks offers enormous opportunities to market players.

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Increasing industrialization and automation across industrial sectors worldwide create significant market demand. With many organizations increasingly adopting cognitive infrastructure for rapid operation processes, the demand for cognitive robotics systems is growing rapidly. Moreover, improving internet connectivity heading with vast deployments of cognitive networks positively impact the market landscape.

Developments in software structures and wireless technologies define the growing market landscape, increasing the dependence of industries on robotic cognitive systems. Cognitive robotics platforms provide on-demand automation solutions for material handling and inventory management in warehousing applications. The rising demand for cognitive robotics is a major driving force behind the market growth.

Healthcare providers that use in-network face a large increase in patient appointments and have limited available staff & physicians need cognitive robots to manage their day-to-day operations. Bots with cognitive process automation (CPA) that can read and interpret medical claim forms and match medical notes are available to aid medical staff.

Also, machine learning is transforming the field of healthcare process management. Advanced optical character recognition (OCR) and natural language processing (NLP) let these bots understand and respond to claim applications. Implementing bots in the system can automate most healthcare services, incorporating cognitive automation into daily processes.

CPA has been increasing productivity, efficiency, and accuracy for healthcare providers. CPA-enabled bots can take healthcare processes like general administration and data entry to a new level. In addition to standard robotic process automation, these CPA-enabled bots can help make informed decisions, just like humans. Resultantly, ordering, obtaining, and processing labs becomes easy to delegate.

Cognitive Robotics Market Competitive Analysis

The well-established cognitive robotics market appears fragmented, with several key companies forming a competitive landscape. Technology providers incorporate strategic approaches such as collaborations, mergers & acquisitions, expansions, and product & technology launches to gain a larger competitive advantage. They focus on developing new solutions which fuel the already intensified market competition.

For Instance, on March 2, 2022, Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corporation, a developer of human-like intelligence for robots, announced that it has raised US$58.5 MN in an oversubscribed Series A funding. The cognitive architecture of the company's humanoid robots can mimic the subsystems in a person's brain. Sanctuary's cognitive robots can be used to respond to labor shortage issues, helping people explore, settle, and prosper in outer space.

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Padbot

Telepresence robots were marketed as the ultimate way a remote person could be present somewhere miles away. Yet, during the pandemic-driven work-from-home revolution, we didnt see mass adoption of these quirky iPad-on-a-stick robotic devices.

A telepresence robot is a device that can move around using remote control. It has onboard cameras and microphones so that the operator can feel like they are present in the place where the robot is. Telepresence robots are generally mobile as well, using self-balancing board technology.

Basically, if you attached an IPad to a selfie stick and glued that to a Segway, youd have something close to a telepresence robot.

Even if you work for a large company, youve probably never seen anyone use a telepresence robot. So you may think that its a dead product category, but youd be very wrong. Several companies are actively working on these robots, updating them, and selling them to businesses and individuals.

At the budget end of the market, there are telepresence robots such as the PadBot U1. This allows you to use any tablet computer that fits in the integrated holder, cutting down on the cost of the U1 itself, which comes in at around $800.

At the high-end of the market, you get the Ava Robotics telepresence robot, which has a price of if you have to ask, you cant afford it. The Ava has high levels of autonomy, so the user doesnt really have to control every fine motion of the device.

The short answer is that telepresence robots havent caught in a big way because theres almost always a cheaper and even better way of achieving the same thing. After all, if you can simply ask someone to press a button in their chat app to switch cameras, youre 99% of the way there.

Telepresence robots make sense only when only one person is remoting into a physical space such as a board room. However, in that case, the mobility of a telepresence robot is of questionable value.

We also live in an age of wide-angle cameras, allowing for features like Apple Center Stage where machine vision and image processing software lets a stationary camera look around the scene, focusing on whats important. Virtual Reality allows us to have embodied meetings using platforms such as VRChat. 360-degree cameras allow people to explore or view things like potential properties they want to buy.

The list of problems only these robots can solve is getting shorter by the day as other more practical gadgets take on more capabilities.

While telepresence robots dont make that much sense as remote work solutions, they still have quite a few use cases. For example, during the COVID 19 pandemic, these robots allowed people to visit their sick friends and relatives in hospital without exposing anyone to danger and without the need for the patient to do anything, like hold a phone.

These robots also have security use, allowing security personnel to monitor and communicate with the public without harming themselves.

Theres also a potential for technologies like VR and telerobotics to be combined. Imagine a telepresence robot with a 360-degree camera, controlled using a VR headset like the Meta Quest. So while telepresence robots arent likely to become the remote work hit they promised to be, theres still a place for them in the mix of remote presence technologies that exist today.

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Augmented Robotics offshoot RoboHeart has launched a crowdfunding campaign for a pair of robot-centric development boards, Hercules and Vela, with which it aims to offer a simple route into augmented reality robotics.

"RoboHeart is a combination of [the] maker boards 'Hercules" and its 5G connector board Vela,'" Augmented Robotics' Tony Nitschke explains. "RoboHeart Hercules is our special development board that abides by the motto 'one board for all purposes.' We at Augmented Robotics have gone the extra mile by infusing the magic of Augmented Reality with embedded systems. RC Car + RoboHeart Hercules + Smartphone App [equals] 'Drive RC Car in Augmented Reality!'"

The Hercules board is built around an Espressif ESP32-WROOM32 module with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity, and includes an integrated inertial measurement unit (IMU), three motor drivers with 1.5A maximum current on two and 3A "for beefy motorsport" on the third, a USB Type-C port with serial bridge for easy programming from the Arduino IDE, various general-purpose input/output (GPIO) pins, two Grove connectors, a JST-PH connector for optional battery power, and a JTAG connector.

The idea is that the board can be installed into an existing remote-control vehicle by simply removing the stock control board. Once installed, the board is linked to the companion smartphone app that scans the area and creates a virtual play space before allowing the user to drive the real-world vehicle through the augmented-reality racecourse.

If local Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity isn't enough, RoboHeart offers the Vela expansion board. Compatible only with the Hercules board, the company claims, Vela adds a 5G cellular modem enabling the board to be controlled from any remote location, providing there's network coverage.

The company is currently crowdfunding the RobotHeart kits on Kickstarter with rewards starting at 39 (around $39) for the Hercules board alone; a kit including the Hercules board and a remote-control truck, plus access to an augmented reality game the company has developed, is available for 85 (around $85). All hardware is expected to ship in February 2023.

The RoboHeart Arduino library, meanwhile, can be found on GitHub under the permissive MIT license.

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Helix Robotics Solutions, the Robotics division of Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (NYSE: HLX), has been awarded a 180-day firm-plus-options contract by a local Thailand contractor to perform decommissioning services using the subsea construction vessel Grand Canyon II.The contract scope of work includes DP3 vessel services, crane support and ROV services in connection with subsea well abandonment and decommissioning operations in multiple Thailand offshore fields and is scheduled to begin in the late fourth quarter 2022.

Jeremiah Hebert, Helixs Vice PresidentAmericas/APAC Region, stated This decommissioning award offshore Thailand is another significant project for Helix as it represents the flexibility of our vessel and ROV assets to seamlessly transition from renewable services we are currently supporting to oil and gas operations, and expands our already strong track record in the Asia Pacific region.

The Grand Canyon II is a DP3 multi-role construction support vessel equipped with a 250 MT AHC subsea crane, moonpool, two 3,000m rated 250hp UHD ROVs, integrated ROV deck space and removable bulwarks. With clear deck areas up to 1,650 m2, she is well suited for subsea construction, Inspection, Repair & Maintenance (IRM) and offshore renewables activities.

The Grand Canyon II has been under long-term charter with Helix since 2015, and recently signed a five-year charter extension that runs from January 2023 through the end of 2027. Most recently, she was working offshore Taiwan on Renewable energy and wind farm construction work.Source: Helix

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Image of the week: Human v humanoid

The World Robot Conference 2022, held in Beijing, wrapped up last Sunday, or so the robots would like us to think. But it would be remiss to just skip past this terrifying update on the ever-advancing skills of robotics experts, who can now not only design a robot with the same facial features as someone else, they can produce one that looks deeply unimpressed with its human counterpart. Humanoid robots with the ability to mimic human expressions to an uncanny extent were the stars of the show, with other robots manifesting in the shape of scientists Albert Einstein and Michael Faraday. Robotics companies are now mastering the art of imbuing their creations with more complex movements than just sitting, standing and walking about, giving them more dexterous hands, more realistic skin and in the scariest development yet getting them to smile.

The considerable debt pile at Cineworld, which admitted this week it was thinking about filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US.

Top Gun: Maverick has taken more than this much at the worldwide box office this summer, making it the sixth-highest grossing film in history, but a cinema chain cannot dine out on Tom Cruise alone.

Box office data from Comscore suggests global cinema takings are this much lower in 2022 than in 2019, with the number of actual releases down by an even greater degree.

French transport minister Clment Beaune has the not unreasonable belief, shared by many, that perhaps millionaires, billionaires and multibillionaires shouldnt just be allowed to zoom about all over the planet on private jets, burning it in the process. I think we should act to regulate flights by private jets, the ally of Emmanuel Macron told Le Parisien newspaper. France will now consult its EU partners on how to go about this, with transport ministers due to meet next month. Beaune (41) has a track record of saving on carbon emissions himself inadvertently, anyway. In 2001, while completing a years study at Trinity under the EUs Erasmus programme, he lived with other students in a rundown house near Seapoint Dart station. Sometimes it was like camping, he told The Irish Times in 2020. The heating didnt work and there was rarely hot water.

Nobodys economy is exactly in perfect shape at the moment, but in Britain, where Conservative Party members are preparing to install a new prime minister, the outlook looks especially gloomy.

1. Official recession forecast: The Bank of England expects the UK economy to slide into recession by Christmas, thanks to surging energy bills, and then keep shrinking for more than a year.

2. Soaring inflation: The annual rate of consumer price increases could hit 18.6 per cent in early 2023, analysts at investment bank Citi said earlier this week. UK inflation hasnt been that high since the 1970s.

3. Interest rate response: Investors now expect the Bank of England to raise the cost of borrowing to 4 per cent next year, more than doubling the current rate of 1.75 per cent.

4. Factory slump: A manufacturing downturn appears to have deepened this month amid staff shortages, supply bottlenecks and waning customer demand, while growth in services has turned anaemic.

5. Brexit: As OECD chief economist Laurence Boone put it earlier this summer, theres probably a bit of Brexit in the explanation for the UKs economic performance, which the OECD expects to be the second worst among G20 countries in 2023, behind only Russia.

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