The "eyes" made in Belgium set to equip the robots of the future
A global giant in the field of augmented reality linked to artificial intelligence is interested in a cutting-edge technology developed in Belgium that enables enhanced perception for automated machines.
Founded in 2020, VoxelSensors employs a team of 22 people working to develop "Switching Pixels", i.e. sensors enabling 3D laser perception, whose applications linked to artificial intelligence (AI) will, for example, improve the performance of autonomous vehicles and other automated machines.
This Brussels-based start-up has developed a cutting-edge technology that combines very high performance with very low energy consumption. To put a number on it, this means the sensors would consume ten times less energy, while multiplying data transmission by at least ten.
In the future, AI-enhanced robots could be assigned multiple tasks. And in this high-potential market, the technology developed in Belgium could prove invaluable in providing improved "vision" for these machines.
Qualcomm, the American company that holds 90% of the world market for chips for augmented reality combined with artificial intelligence, has been won over by this technological potential produced in Belgium.
Such a collaboration with this American giant should help the small Belgian company to achieve significant growth in this rapidly expanding market.