Edge AI and Vision Insights: June 9, 2021 Edition

2021 Edge AI and Vision Product of the Year Awards
The Edge AI and Vision Alliance announced the winners of the 2021 Edge AI and Vision Product of the Year Awards at a ceremony held during the recent Embedded Vision Summit and captured in this video. They are:

• Best Edge AI Processor: Hailo’s Hailo-8 (also see the company’s press release)
• Best Edge AI Software or Algorithm: BlinkAI Technologies’ Night Video
• Best Cameras or Sensor: Luxonis and OpenCV’s AI Kit with Depth
• Best Edge AI Developer Tool: Edge Impulse’s EON Compiler (also see the company’s news post)
• Best Automotive Solution: MINIEYE’s In-cabin Sensing Solution
• Best Consumer Edge AI End Product: EyeTech Digital Systems’ EyeOn (also see the company’s press release)
• Best Enterprise Edge AI End Product: Simbe Robotics’ Tally 3.0

Congratulations to all the winners!

2021 Vision Tank Start-up Competition
Also at the Embedded Vision Summit, the Alliance announced the winners of the 2021 Vision Tank start-up competition; this video documents the final competition round. They are:

• Judges’ Award: Retrocausal (AI- and camera-based worker task analysis)
• Audience Choice Award: Opteran Technologies (biology-derived autonomous intelligence)

Congratulations to these promising start-ups!

Advancing Embedded Vision for an Autonomous World
Qualcomm Technologies has revolutionized smartphones, wearables, PCs, smart homes and more. Now Qualcomm has set its sights on vehicles with solutions leveraging Qualcomm’s 5G connectivity, Qualcomm Computer Vision and Qualcomm AI. In this presentation from Ning Bi, Vice President of Technology at Qualcomm, you’ll learn how the Qualcomm Snapdragon Automotive Cockpit Platform and Qualcomm Snapdragon Ride Platform will deliver a turbocharged experience in vehicles with next-gen autonomous driving features and new experiences for passengers. Bi focuses on intelligent cockpit solutions related to biometrics – 3D face authentication, anti-spoofing, 3D face reconstruction, human activity detection and cabin occupancy monitoring, as well as the advancements in ADAS and automated driving. And he shows how Qualcomm’s platforms deliver superior power efficiency and scaling across automotive applications.

Embedded Vision for Autonomous Drones
In this fireside chat, Jeff Bier, Founder of the Edge AI and Vision Alliance, interviews Hayk Martiros, Head of Autonomy at Skydio, about the critical technical challenges for implementing embedded vision in autonomous drones that operate under difficult, real-world conditions.

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