If you have followed the developments of the MobiSpaces project to which DS4 is a partner in a strong consortium, here is an opportunity to take part in the follow-up Webinar and find out what has been achieved in the first year of the project by each of the five Use cases.
The agenda and how to register can be found on this link.
The iHelp project has been assigned a special session during this yearâs ICAMCS conference; the title is: âAIPER: AI and Big Data Applications towards Person-centered eHealth, Personalized Recommendations and Improved QoLâ.
The event will provide an excellent opportunity to explore the latest advancements in AI and Big Data applications for healthcare, including integrated health records, personalized recommendations, clinical decision support systems, health data spaces, and much more.
Among the experts and professionals in the field of eHealth who will discuss and present their research results will be the distinguished speakers who will share their expertise in AI-based personalized healthcare applications from both technical and medical perspectives:
The technical partners from Robotnik hosted the above meeting at their company premises in Valencia and provided us with the exciting opportunity to see their robotics products.
The discussions with the project partners were a further step towards achieving the project goals of digitalisation and automation of the shotcrete application.
The DS4 team presented our plans for involving users in the development of the software systems and robotic platforms.
Robotnik, we thoroughly enjoyed our visit, thank you for having us đ
Further details about the RoBetArme project can be found here
Join the conversation on how data management is contributing to a more sustainable future. Attend our webinar on Novels in Data Management Universe and its Different Applications in EU Green Deal, Water, Food, and Mobility.
If you would like to learn more on this topic and how it is used on the iHelp project why not check out our blog post recently published on the iHelp Social Media channels? You can use the following links:
For many partners this was a first visit to our beautiful country and they experienced some warm Bulgarian hospitality during proper Bulgarian winter.
We are in the 3rd year of the iHelp project and partners were keen to demonstrate their progress with tasks and systems. In-depth discussions between pilot and technical partners were much needed at this stage and they proved to be very productive.
Congratulations to our collaborators from Kodar for the excellent organisation of the event!
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The authentic dining places showcasing the Bulgarian culinary traditions were much appreciated at the end of the long constructive days. We from DS4 can take some credit for assisting with this social aspect đ
1st General Assembly Meeting â MobiSpaces – Vienna 23-24 Jan 2023
We hope that all partners safely returned home today after 2 days of intensive and productive discussions in Vienna.
The DS4 work to date and forthcoming plans have been presented by our expert Dr Sonia Cisneros-Cabrera; the rest of the team attended and contributed virtually.
The picture doesnât do justice to the way Sonia captivated the audienceâ thank you Sonia!
MobiSpaces Webinar â 31 Jan 2023
We are delighted to share the news about the first MobiSpaces webinar which will take place on 31 Jan 2023 between 11 am and 12.15 pm CET. The topic is âMeet the MobiSpaces Use Cases: Innovations for Urban and Maritime Domainsâ.
For the webinar description and registration link click here
If you have an interest in environment or mobility-related data as a researcher, policy maker, software developer or citizen scientist, we are urging you to attend and hear first-hand from our 5 Use Cases partners and project coordinators.
We humans have been dreaming of artificially intelligent beings for quite a while. Enter Talon/Talos, a giant robot protecting Crete from pirates by circling her shores three times daily. But the relationships between âusâ and âthemâ has mostly been one of conflict and dominance â for example in 1920s play by Karel Äapek âRossumâs Universal Robotsâ humanity is taken to extinction by the robots created by us.
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Roll forward 100 years or so and the reality is slightly different. Our robots today are not âuniversalâ but specialised in a small number of functions, where they excel but are largely incapable of sorting problems beyond the routine events at the workplace. And they are quite far away from being self-conscious never mind rebelling.
In this context, it seems the optimal arrangement is the one where we use robots to augment the human intelligence. AI can complement human analytical and decision-making abilities, with humans adding creativity to the collaboration. According to Wilson and Daugherty writing for HBR[1], smart machines can expand human capabilities in three ways; by amplifying our cognitive strength, by interacting with our customers using chatbots, and by embedding our skills in a cobot. Autodeskâs Dreamcatcher is an example of AI enhancing the creative imagination of exceptional designers. Cortana is a good example of human and AI interaction to facilitate communication between people. Cobots are AI machines that can work alongside humans in factories hence embedding human skills.
The last scenario is our focus at present â it would be great to have robots and humans work side-by-side, each playing to their strengths. This is also AI but now expanded into âaugmented intelligenceâ, and the robots collaborating with humans are called âcobotsâ, or collaborative robots.
This shape of human-AI collaboration increases productivity by assisting workers in routine tasks, ensuring consistency and quality improvement. Human workers are there when there are problems to be solved.
There are some challenges in this arrangement however. If humans and cobots interact in shared spaces, we should ensure they donât get in each otherâs way. Cobots are mostly fixed, resembling a robotic arm, a technician is involved in the initial setup but at a later stage, the robot starts learning from human actions
Another challenge is ensuring that the human understands what the cobot is doing, and that they can control the behaviour to optimise results according to the changing context of work. This requires special effort in designing the control interface of the cobot, driven by UX principles but going beyond them.
Human-cobot teaming scenarios are rapidly explored nowadays with the aim to have a safe and seamless environment for collaborative tasks. One appealing application would be to use robots in environments which are not fully suited for humans, for example in very dusty circumstances or within a limited width and height tunnels, and have humans watch âover the robotâs shoulderâ, coming to the rescue if something gets stuck. This will be robot in routine work and cobot when problems need to be resolved.
We sincerely thank all our staff, partners, collaborators, clients and suppliers for their support this year and are sending our warm wishes for the happiest of holidays.
