China Welcomes Lunar New Year with Grand Exhibit of AI Technology

China Rings in Lunar New Year With Grand Exhibit of AI Technology

Intel wowed the spectators at the 2018 Winter Olympics by lighting upwardly the nighttime sky with 1,218 drones for a spectacular low-cal bear witness, setting a Guinness world tape in the process. But China seems to have 1-upped Intel with an impressive exhibition of its AI technology at the recent Lunar New Year celebrations.

The CCTV Spring Festival Gala, which is watched past millions of people beyond the nation, proved to exist less of a new year commemoration and more like a grand spectacle of the advancements made past Mainland china in the field of artificial intelligence. Between the musical performances and firework shows, the real showstoppers proved to exist a huge cavalcade of autonomous cars, self-driving boats, drones, robotic dogs, a robotic piano virtuoso, a robotic poet and a humanoid robot (phew) to name just a few.

Autonomous Cars

People's republic of china'due south Baidu has been making huge strides in the domain of autonomous vehicle applied science, and the company made sure to flaunt its progress at the new year celebrations past bringing hundreds of self-driving vehicles. The armada included cars based on Baidu'southward Apollo democratic vehicle platform, besides as micro-location buses, logistics vehicles and a self-driving road-sweeper – not fifty-fifty kidding!

Self-driving Boats

As if 100+ self-driving cars were non plenty to make a statement, the organizers procured a fleet of 81 self-driving boats designed by a domestic business firm named Yunzhou Tech. The autonomous boats (auto-boats, anyone?) are equipped with advanced satellite-based navigation system and were showcased publicly for the first fourth dimension during the celebrations.

Drones

Why let Intel bask in all the limelight when you have domestic firms that tin can do the same? Intel made a giant aerial prove of the Olympic logo and other creations with its drones, the Chinese folks answered with a behemothic dolphin fabricated out of 300 aeriform drones and made the drone-fish leap over a bridge. Await, what?

Robots Galore

China Welcomes Lunar New Year with Grand Exhibit of AI Technology — Image courtesy: Synced Review

2018 has been designated as the year of the dog, so it only makes sense that a robotic dog must exist at the commemoration venue. The Japanese folks are proud of Sony'south AIBO, just at present, the Chinese people tin can brag about their ain version chosen 'Jimu'.

Moreover, a pianist robot chosen 'Teo Tronico' was also at the festivities, and in a typical AI fashion, shell a immature pianoforte prodigy in a speed play contest.

Baidu also brought its 'Xiaodu' robot to the new year celebrations, which is capable of composing poems and couplets from random words suggested past the audience.

The impressive show of AI applied science by the Chinese companies is certain to capture the world'south attention, and volition surely surprise people who might non accept been dazzled by a future full of self-driving cars and automated drones.

Images & GIFs courtesy: CCTV China