Blind Navigation and Robotics Breakthroughs

Welcome to another exciting Auki community update. We've had a productive week filled with significant milestones and strategic developments. Here’s a recap:

Hackathon Success: Navigation for the Blind Without an App

Our team recently returned from a successful week-long hackathon in London at Zappar's office. The highlight of this event was developing navigation for the blind that requires no app. This innovation not only enhances accessibility but is also strategically important due to upcoming legislation in the UK and Europe. As Nils noted: "Through spatial computing, we can make the world accessible to AI, and then AI makes the world accessible to people."

This breakthrough significantly lowers the barrier for widespread adoption, since after all no one wants to download another app on their phone. Now they won't have to.

Robotics Milestone: Integrating Competitor’s Robots

Phil and his team achieved an impressive milestone this week by integrating a competitor’s robot, previously thought impossible, onto the Auki network. A competitor initially struggled for days, even flying in technicians from China, just to demonstrate basic robot navigation. In contrast, our team accomplished the integration efficiently, significantly surpassing previous limitations.

"It took them days... We've got them beat by a lot now. It is incredibly exciting."

Demand for Auki-Made Robots Growing

We received our first major Letter of Intent (LOI) for a large number of Auki-manufactured retail use case robots, potentially scaling to hundreds or even thousands for a single customer. This demand illustrates rapid progress toward becoming a key robot distributor.

Strategic and Community Developments

• Conferences Confirmed: Key conferences for the year have been confirmed, promising further exposure and networking opportunities.
• New Investor: We brought on a new investor, enhancing our strategic and financial resources.
• Proof of Compute: Progress was made on methods to verify computational tasks performed by community nodes, essential for the integrity of the network.
• Upcoming Hackathons: Another hackathon is scheduled for early February in Hong Kong, further integrating Zappar’s powerful immersive tool, Mattercraft, into our offerings.

Collaborations and Partnerships

• peaq collaboration: Discussions are ongoing with peaq, aiming to establish practical collaborations beneficial to both ecosystems.
• Accelerator program: We're finalizing preparations for our accelerator program, partnered with Outlier Ventures, featuring five hand-picked projects expected to rapidly scale.
• NATIX partnership: A potential collaboration with NATIX, focused on real-world AI accessibility, is gaining momentum, underscoring our shared vision.

Ambassador Program and Community Engagement

Our Ambassador Program continues to grow, encouraging community involvement. Additionally, our COO Santeri, newly arrived in Hong Kong, will join a strategic mountain hike per Auki tradition.

Robot Development: Upgrades and Innovations

We acquired a robot arm for our robot dog, opening new possibilities and use cases, including potential pet robots and interactive AI companions.

"One of the things I want to prove we can do… is to make the robot point at something in the real world without using computer vision."

Final Thoughts

This week marked crucial progress toward making the physical world more accessible to AI and thereby enhancing human experiences. Nils summed it up perfectly: "Don't bet against Auki. It's just not smart."

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アウキ・ラボについて

Aukiはポーズメッシュという地球上、そしてその先の1000億の人々、デバイス、AIのための分散型機械認識ネットワークを構築しています。ポーズメッシュは、機械やAIが物理的世界を理解するために使用可能な、外部的かつ協調的な空間感覚です。

私たちの使命は、人々の相互認知能力、つまり私たちが互いに、そしてAIとともに考え、経験し、問題を解決する能力を向上させることです。人間の能力を拡大させる最も良い方法は、他者と協力することです。私たちは、意識を拡張するテクノロジーを構築し、コミュニケーションの摩擦を減らし、心の橋渡しをします。

ポーズメッシュについて

ポーズメッシュは、分散型で、ブロックチェーンベースの空間コンピューティングネットワークを動かすオープンソースのプロトコルです。

ポーズメッシュは、空間コンピューティングが協調的でプライバシーを保護する未来をもたらすよう設計されています。いかなる組織の監視能力も制限し、空間のプライベートな地図の自己所有権を奨励します。

分散化はまた、特に低レイテンシが重要な共同ARセッションにおいて、競争優位性を有します。ポスメッシュは分散化運動の次のステップであり、成長するテック大手のパワーに対抗するものです。

アウキ・ラボはポスメッシュにより、ポーズメッシュのソフトウェア・インフラの開発を託されました。

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