Sino-British joint laboratory plans to develop the world's first artificial intelligence tactile chip

The Artificial Intelligence Tactile Sensing Joint Laboratory , jointly established by the University of Manchester in the UK and Beijing Tashan Technology Co., Ltd., was unveiled in Beijing on May 6. The laboratory plans to develop the world's first artificial intelligence (AI) tactile chip and universal solutions.

As China's first artificial intelligence capacitive touch laboratory, the joint laboratory brings together resources such as Tashan Technology's multifunctional layer capacitive touch patented technology and the capacitive tomography technology of the University of Manchester in the UK, laying a technical foundation for the industrial application of artificial intelligence tactile sensors.

Sun Tengchen, general manager of Heshan Technology Company, said at the unveiling ceremony that relying on the joint laboratory, Heshan Technology will develop a series of general AI tactile sensor chips to break through the bottleneck of commercial applications of service robots.

At present, most robots developed in China only have hearing and vision, and tactile technology is the shortcoming of robot technology. Through the capacitive touch technology developed by Heshan Technology and applied to the skin of artificial intelligence robots, especially the hands and feet, robots can obtain tactile perception close to that of humans.

According to Zeng Fanyou, project leader of the AI ​​capacitive tactile sensor chip engineering project of Tashan Technology Company, the laboratory plans to develop the world's first artificial intelligence (AI) tactile chip and general solution, which is based on the pulse neuron network architecture and is superior to the current general deep learning algorithm. It can extract more abstract feature data, allowing AI to make decisions quickly and in real time.

Zeng Fanyou said that the virtual intelligent touch space is the only fully intelligent sensing solution that can achieve everything from gestures to pressure touch using a single-chip sensor unit , giving AI the five functions of touch, slip, pressure, moisture, and torque. In the future, a variety of tactile functions will be developed to allow AI to sense the temperature and weight of objects.