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BrainChip partners with AI Labs on next-generation application development

Published on : Friday 10-02-2023

As machines and processes get more complex, the ability to detect anomalies, identify challenges, predict impacts and offer solutions becomes increasingly difficult.

 

Laguna Hills, Calif. – February 6, 2023 – BrainChip Holdings Ltd, the worlds first commercial producer of ultra-low power, fully digital, event-based, neuromorphic AI IP, has announced a partnership with AI Labs Inc., to collaborate on next-generation application development leveraging the Minsky™ AI Engine.

System health monitoring is a critical use case in industrial efficiency and productivity. As machines and processes get more complex, the ability to detect anomalies, identify challenges, predict impacts and offer solutions becomes increasingly difficult. Especially when those changes are barely discernible as standard machine diagnostics or discernable to human observation. A combination of the Minsky AI Engine, smart models, and the sensory inference capabilities of BrainChips Akida™ provides a compelling and cost-effective solution to these real-world problems.

Minsky is the worlds most easy-to-use, proprietary, enterprise-grade AI engine that does not require data scientists or software developers to model and run predictions, said Bhasker Rao, Founder of Ai Labs. When optimised for BrainChips neuromorphic IP platform, the resulting solution will fuel rapid growth in the industrial AIoT space. Together with BrainChips Akida IP and MetaTFTM, we can radically improve development and deployment of predictive maintenance applications, such as vibration analysis, gas sensing, temperature sensing and others, preventing costly potential failures and reducing machine downtime. This streamlines processes and increases industrial efficiency and profitability.

Additionally, since similar machines do not all fail the same way or at the same rate, models may have to be customised for different production lines. This is where Akidas on-device learning capability provides a differentiated and secure approach to intelligent customisation.

Technological advancements in industrial infrastructure such as oil exploration, manufacturing, mining, transportation to mention a few, have enabled some amazing features that make for a better customer experience, but they also have created additional points of failure that can be difficult to assess, said Rob Telson, VP of Ecosystems and Partnerships at BrainChip. Using a combination of AI Labs, the Minsky AI Engine and our Akida platform, we are providing a way to intelligently identify points of failure, predict issues and proactively fix them before they happen. This intelligence is a game changer, and we are proud to partner with AI Labs to bring this revolutionary technology to market.