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Richtech Robotics
AI-driven service robot maker Richtech Robotics has launched an accelerator program to provide U.S. universities with development frameworks and access to the Richtech robotic systems to aid robotics research.
The program would grant participating universities access to the Richtech autonomous mobile robots and robotic arm platforms powered by Nvidia technology. The technology includes machine vision and voice interaction modules.
The AI robotics technology includes the service robots Adam and Scorpion, which were featured at CES in January.
For the accelerator program, research labs would be set up with participating universities “to enhance machine vision, AI interaction and robotic arm path planning, all deployed on a localized AI model,” according to the announcement.
Richtech said the goal is to help manufacturing, health care and the service sector benefit from AI-powered robotics and help deal with labor shortages.
Columbia University, the first to join the program, plans to focus on natural language processing with the Richtech robotic systems, according to the company.
A Richtech humanoid robot utilizing Nvidia AI technology recently started serving customers coffee and desserts at a new Las Vegas restaurant.
The Adam robot works at the Clouffee and Tea at Town Square, the first restaurant opened by Richtech Robotics.
The humanoid robot works with store associates who sell things Adam cannot prepare, such as snacks or bottled drinks. The associates are available to help customers interact with Adam.
The Adam robot uses the Nvidia edge AI computing module to help with human detection, interaction and object recognition.
The AI-enabled machines can accept commands in languages and translate to recommend drinks.
The restaurant is the first store from the Richtech Clouffee and Tea brand, with additional stores opening soon, according to the company.
At CES in Las Vegas, Richtech showcased robotics for use in the hospitality and health care industries and an autonomous delivery robot.
The most prominent robots were targeted at serving, including the Adam interactive robot designed to serve beverages and Scorpion, an AI powered, one-arm drink serving robot.
“Adam is in Ghost Kitchens at Walmart and Scorpion is in wine and spirits stores,” said Casella as he gave me a tour of Richtech technology at CES.
The Adam robot can serve a variety of coffee and boba drinks to customers and can serve up to 200 cups of coffee and tea per day.
Richtech has expanded its automated restaurant operations to more than 20 Walmart stores in Arizona, Colorado and Texas.
Adam is used via an integrated touchscreen point-of-sale system for customer ordering and paying.
Richtech said it uses its AI cloud platform to analyze restaurant, hotel and hospital operational workflows after robots are deployed.
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