Brain Corp. Agrees to Power More Walmart Self-Driving Floor Scrubbers
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On Monday, Brain said Walmart (NYSE: WMT ), the world’s largest retailer, will be using BrainOS, its proprietary operating system, in 360 such autonomous machines by Jan. 31, the end of Walmart’s fiscal year.The BrainOS software uses computer vision and artificial intelligence libraries (big databases of advanced algorithms) to enable machines to navigate busy, crowded areas without human help.Earlier this year, Savioke, a Bay Area-based company that makes rolling delivery robots for hotels, raised a $134 million Series B financing round.Co-founded in 2009 by computational neuroscientist Eugene Izhikevich (pictured) and tech entrepreneur Allen Gruber, Brain incubated at the San Diego headquarters of Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM ).In November, Brain announced that its operating system would soon be used to power a smaller machine: an autonomous vacuum cleaner designed for retail and office environments by SoftBank’s robotics division.
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