ARIC Highlights Potential of Neuromorphic Vision in Multiple IndustriesÂ
A seminar on advanced technology that mimics the human brain or ‘neuromorphic’ at Khalifa University’s Advanced Research and Innovation Center (ARIC) shed light on critical applications of neuromorphic perception and computing, exploring its potential across industries.
Delivered by Dr. Kynan Eng, Co-founder and CEO of Zurich-based IniVation, a spin-off of IniLabs and ETH Zurich, the seminar titled ‘Neuromorphic Vision: Principles, Applications, and Future’, highlighted the critical applications for which neuromorphic technology lay the groundwork in various sectors. He emphasized its role in high-speed inspection, precise and rapid manufacturing solutions, cluttered environment applications, and particle image velocimetry.
Additionally, Dr. Eng focused on the long-term Internet of Things (IoT) monitoring, space-based sensing and light monitoring, imaging with HDR ultra-slow motion, 3D area volume scan, low-latency mobile eye tracking, mobile sensor data mapping for railway structures, drones, and the automotive industry.
The seminar also highlighted ARIC’s synergistic association with IniVation, a prominent manufacturer of electronics and neuromorphic vision sensors based in Zurich. By developing advanced neuromorphic perception algorithms tailored for industrial solutions, ARIC enhances the practical applications of IniVation’s sensors. Additionally, the center’s ongoing collaborative projects with industrial partners, including Strata Manufacturing and Sanad Group from Mubadala, have successfully utilized IniVation’s sensors in precision manufacturing, high-speed visual inspections, and robotic grasping applications.
ARIC has integrated IniVation’s sensors into a diverse range of projects including high-speed inspection and groundbreaking endeavors such as neuromorphic vision-based drilling. Of importance are ARIC’s two industry-driven Neuromorphic projects – the Countersink Inspection and Tactile Sensing – which focus on the inspection and manufacturing of aerospace parts and the inspection of aero-engine blades, where IniVation’s products are being utilized as hardware in these projects. Furthermore, it is actively engaged in discussions with IniVation and Inilab at ETH Zurich to establish research collaborations involving neuromorphic vision.
In addition to their patents, publications, and deployed industrial solutions, ARIC achieved several notable milestones including the showcase of the MMO-500 robot by Khalifa University’s Senior Design Project students to H.H. Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Chairman of the Executive Council of Abu Dhabi at the ‘Make It in The Emirates’ exhibition. Furthermore, ARIC established collaborations with industrial partners, including Strata, Sanad, and Amana Healthcare from Mubadala, on various projects. Their research also received recognition, with ‘Asynchronous Events-based Panoptic Segmentation using Graph Mixer Neural Network’ winning the Best Paper award in 2023.
Alisha Roy
Science Writer
30 May 2024
