Waltham, MA - Boston Dynamics, a mobile robotics creator, has announced a new partnership with LG Innotek, a South Korean materials and electronic components manufacturing company. This strategic alignment will enable Boston Dynamics to install LG Innotek’s new vision sensing components into Atlas, Boston Dynamics’ humanoid robot.
The collaboration brings together Boston Dynamics’ and LG Innotek’s research teams to develop new vision sensing systems to address some of robotics problems. The new vision sensing solution will integrate various sensing components and allow robots to detect and perceive their surroundings, including during times of low visibility or poor weather conditions, and in dark environments.
Robert Playter, CEO of Boston Dynamics, said “We’re excited to partner with LG Innotek to drive innovation and redefine the development of robot eyes. Robots should be able to see, process and perceive the world as well as humans. It is my hope that by working together, we will develop groundbreaking vision systems that are as advanced as the cameras in our mobile phones.”
The new partnership with LG Innotek comes on the heels of other research collaborations with organizations including Toyota Research Institute, Google Deepmind, NVIDIA and Boston Dynamics’ sister organization, RAI.
