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At present, the development of artificial intelligence technology around the world is surging, becoming an important force in promoting a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation. On December 2, the inaugural meeting of the Artificial Intelligence Committee of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce and the AI Empowerment Industry Development Jiangsu Conference were held in Nanjing. The conference was jointly organized by the Jiangsu Federation of Industry and Commerce and the Artificial Intelligence Committee of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, with the theme of “AI Empowering Industry, Innovation Driven Development”. Industry experts, industry leaders, and corporate representatives from all over the country gathered together to discuss the innovative development path in the field of artificial intelligence. Through the release of results, industry promotion, and company visits, the conference allowed the guests to experience the vitality and vigor of Nanjing’s artificial intelligence innovation ecosystem. At the same time, the guests also made suggestions on how Nanjing can cultivate new productivity and enable high-quality development, fully helping to accelerate the development of Nanjing’s artificial intelligence industry.
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“Dexterous Hands” and “Smart Eyes” Debut Together
Can hear, see and feel
2024 is defined as the “first year of humanoid robots”. If humanoid robots want to move “smoothly”, a pair of dexterous hands is essential. Yesterday afternoon, at the Nanjing Artificial Intelligence Innovation Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, industry experts and entrepreneur representatives from all over the country were attracted by a special “hand”.
This “universal intelligent dexterous hand” (Casia Hand) consists of 5 fingers, each finger has 3 joints, and each joint has 1 degree of freedom. According to the relevant person in charge, the “dexterous hand” imitates human tendons instead of gear drive, and its load capacity has reached 7 kilograms. In addition to building a hardware carrier, it is also embedded with AI algorithms, which means that the “dexterous hand” has a certain degree of autonomous learning ability and perception and judgment ability. After the robot learns to grasp an object, it can “learn from it” next time and quickly learn to grasp objects of similar shapes.
In April 2024, Casia Hand won the gold medal at the Geneva International Invention Exhibition and the special award of the exhibition, the “ISTA Global Innovation and Invention Award”. Just two months later, this innovative achievement was incubated and implemented at the Nanjing Artificial Intelligence Innovation Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and is currently planning to realize small-scale production of the “dexterous hand” in Nanjing.
The rapid completion of the “last mile” of the industrialization of achievements is due to the “5V integrated” achievement transformation model launched by Nanjing Qilin Science and Technology Park, where the CAS Nanjing Artificial Intelligence Innovation Institute is located, namely the local government, the CAS parent institute, the Nanjing Institute, the achievement research and development team, and the industrialization service team. Nanjing Qilin Science and Technology Park, the Institute of Automation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the CAS Nanjing Artificial Intelligence Innovation Institute jointly screened the transformable achievements of the Institute of Automation. Then, with the help of the industrialization service team of the Nanjing Institute, the achievement research and development team established an industrialization company in the form of off-duty entrepreneurship, and quickly promoted the transformation of scientific and technological achievements.
In addition to the “dexterous hands”, the “smart eyes” also made visitors exclaim in admiration. If a suspect disguises himself and covers his face with a hat, glasses, or a mask, how long will it take to find him at Nanjing Lukou International Airport where tens of thousands of people gather? The answer given by Xiaoshi Technology (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Xiaoshi Technology”) is “less than a second.”
Simply put, what Xiaoshi Technology is doing now is studying how to make machines “see” and “understand”. That is, using cameras and computers instead of human eyes to extract and analyze features of images, and thereby training models to detect and identify new image data, and establish an artificial intelligence system that can obtain “information” from images or multimodal data. Through human attribute analysis, real-time intelligent analysis, and human skeleton recognition, Xiaoshi Technology provides a variety of digital services for scenarios such as digital cities (smart cities, communities, campuses, construction sites, parks), digital industries (intelligent manufacturing, mining), and digital life (Internet industry).
Since 2017, Silicon Intelligence has created three major industries in Nanjing: AI+telephone, AI+live broadcast, and AI+short video. In November this year, Silicon Intelligence released a new generation of multimodal large model DUIX ONE, which can not only “listen”, but also “see” and “perceive”, and has the ability to communicate deeply. It is currently being used in AI sparring, AI education, AI elderly care, AI interviews and other scenarios. The company’s chairman Sima Huapeng has a firm goal: to create 100 million silicon-based workers for the world by 2025.
