Product Enhancements, Robotics Collaborations, and Real-World Deployments
Summer is approaching, and things at Auki are moving fast as we prepare for key events and expand our partnerships and product capabilities. Here's a summary of this week's progress:
Product Developments
This week we made significant improvements across several products:
Domain Management Tool (DMT) and Cactus: Enhanced user experience, streamlined point cloud management, better 3D heat maps, and intuitive product search and sales tracking.
McKenna: Major upgrade integrating app clips, making it usable without downloading an app. New editing features will also be accessible, unlocking commercial opportunities and broader community engagement.
Computer vision: Improved algorithms now effectively detect empty shelves, product facings, and price tags—even in blurry images—on both smartphones and smart glasses.
Robotics and AI Partnerships
Our team visited Shanghai this week, meeting three significant robotics companies:
Slamtec: Specialists in wheeled robot navigation systems. They're interested in integrating Auki's navmesh solutions into their logistics robots.
Realman Robotics: Experts in robotic arms and vision systems, impressed by how the Auki network solves key spatial data limitations.
AgiBot: A large-scale robotics company gathering extensive data to train humanoid robots. They expressed strong interest in partnering with us to enhance real-world robot applications, notably in retail environments.
Auki aims to power 100,000 robots through our network within the next year, significantly accelerating commercial adoption in retail and beyond.
Real-World Retail Deployments
Denmark Pilot: Our new paid pilot in Denmark has successfully engaged management teams excited by new insights, and there is potential to scale across their 1,900 locations.
US Market: Multiple proof-of-concept implementations continue positively, with simpler UI making deployment increasingly smooth. A recent partner successfully completed a spatial reconstruction on their first attempt.
"Toothbrush Gate": In one pilot, spatial heat map analytics uncovered significant sales discrepancies in product categories, revealing that only two out of eight electric toothbrush models were selling effectively—something unnoticed by conventional analytics.
Continued Partnership Development
We're advancing our collaboration with Toyota Material Handling, discussing additional partnership announcements, and receiving renewed interest from retailers initially hesitant but now recognizing broader potential.
Community and Outreach
Santeri's speaking engagement with the Apple Developer Academy in Bali provided valuable insights into spatial computing and robotics trends for new developers. Additionally, our ongoing short-form content strategy continues successfully, with dozens of new videos published weekly exploring the intersection of spatial computing, robotics, and Web3.
