Category Archives: Business

Succesful surveying of “seaweed-islands” using orthomosaic maps

The newly started project funded by FFBI has already led to the succesful use of drones to perform an initial survey of floating eelgrass at both Vordingborg Sydhavn and at Farø. The result from Vordingborg Sydhavn can be seen here – due to it being late in the season the amount of floating eelgrass is very limited, but can be […]

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BrainBotics leads new project funded by FFBI

BrainBotics has joined forces with the University of Southern Denmark’s Biology department and Dronecenter and the companies Møn Tang and Coastgrass to ensure the utilisation of so-called beach wrack (primarily eelgrass) as a sustainable bio-resource in the future. The new project is funded by Future Food & Bioresource Innovation.  By identifying and collecting beach wrack before it decomposes or mixes with other material, the value of […]

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Simulating robotic biomass collection

Sometimes it is not possible to the real-world evaluation of robotics solutions. This can be due to time, economy or in our case – the weather. In order to mitigate this, a virtual environment representing a test site was programmed in Unity which is a cross-platform game engine developed by Unity Technologies. Simulation is becoming an increasingly important part of […]

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Talk at Employment and Integration Administration in Copenhagen Municipality

Employees in the Employment and Integration Administration became more aware of digitisation and robot technology when robot and machine learning expert Søren Tranberg Hansen gave a presentation at Jobcenter Copenhagen. Søren brought the robot Pepper to demonstrate the limitations of the robots: Pepper can find answers to what he’s coded for, but if you ask him a question he’s not […]

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Robots at the Danish Chamber of Commerce

The Danish Chamber of Commerce is the network for Trade, IT, Industry and Service in Denmark. On October 3 2018, the Danish Chamber of Commerce opened the doors to Advisor Day 18, which focused on the future labor market and skills. In focus among other things, was n what new technologies mean for the Danish and international labor market and […]

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Automation, employment, and productivity

A new analysis form McKinsey is an in-depth study on the effects of increased automation: Advances in robotics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning are ushering in a new age of automation, as machines match or outperform human performance in a range of work activities, including ones requiring cognitive capabilities. In this report, part of our ongoing research into the future […]

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Launch of Internet Week 2017 with Pepper and Mayor Jacob Bundsgaard

BrainBotics is a partner of Internet Week 2017 in Aarhus with a seminar on humanoid robots.  Internet Week Denmark puts the importance of digitalisation on the national agenda. The festival is all about how technology affects our lives and the way we do business.

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Kickstarting 2017 with a City Mayor, a Rock Band and a Robot

Aarhus will be European Capital of Culture in 2017 with the overall theme Rethink. As a testimonial of that, Mayor Jacob Bundsgaard greeted the guests welcome at the annual business event at Aarhus City Hall together with the robot Pepper. At the event, it was highlighted how Aarhus continuously will work with a stronger international profile, a climate plan and […]

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A trip into the future with Pepper

Friday the 9th of December, the Danish high school Alssundgymnasiet took a trip into the future. The regular schedule was cleared and replaced by workshops and lectures on artificial intelligence and robotics.

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The Pepper robot take center stage

Pepper was the center of attention at the event Local Rock Stars in Aarhus. This one-day conference, is a partnership between companied in and around Aarhus. The purpose is to share knowledge and insights with it-professionals and students. Søren Tranberg Hansen from BrainBotics made the final keynote about robotics and AI at the event. http://internetweekdenmark.com/2016/local-rock-stars

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