April 11, 2022
The new HRI association focuses on the development of technologies that give robots “social capabilities”. Andromeda is developing fleet command and control technologies for autonomous platforms
The Innovation Authority’s research committee approved Shani’s work plans and budgets Magnet binders Robots, amounting to NIS 57 million. The plans approved are by the HRI – Human Robot Interaction Battalion, which begins operations this month, and by the Andromeda Battalion (command and control of autonomous fleets), which entered its second period of operation this month. The HRI Association focuses on the development of technologies that give robots “social capabilities” that will enable them to perform joint tasks in collaboration with users of various types.
The technologies will be implemented as part of the Tool Kit based on the ROS operating system, designed for robots. In the association of partnerships of the Israeli companies: Deep Learning Robotics (DLR), Robotican, ReWalk, Intuition Robotics, Cogniteam, Seamless Vision and Elbit Systems (ICT and Cyber Division). The consortium is accompanied by researchers from Ben-Gurion, Bar-Ilan, Tel Aviv, the Technion and Reichman universities. The American Standards Institute (NIST) and Samsung have expressed a desire to participate in the consortium as observers.
The Andromeda Association begins the second period of activity
Binds Andromeda For command and control of autonomous fleets this month ends its first period of activity (18 months) and begins its second period of activity (18 months). It focuses on the development of operating and remote control technologies in autonomous fleets, with a special emphasis on autonomous vehicles, at a ratio of one human operator per 1,000 monitored vehicles. The project includes tackling technological challenges such as communication limitations (bandwidth), cyber security, a variety of mobile platforms, human-machine interface and more.
The Israeli companies DriveU, Mprest, Cognata, R-GO, and Elbit Systems’ IT and aviation divisions are partnerships. The consortium is accompanied by researchers from Ben-Gurion, Haifa, the Technion and Ariel universities. Netivei Israel and a number of car manufacturers participate in it as an observer. Dr. Aviv Zeevi, VP of Technology Infrastructure at the Innovation Authority, said that the Andromeda class will open up additional markets for Israeli companies beyond cars, including skimmer fleets, distribution robots, agricultural tools and more.
“The HRI Association is an example of proper cooperation between companies from different disciplines, which may yield results with a significant economic impact.” “The CEO of the Innovation Authority, Dror Bin, said that the Authority sees great importance in promoting the field of robotics, which may give Israeli companies a significant competitive advantage in the global market.”
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