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- Strategic Elements (SOR) has received proof of concept work demonstrating its printable neuromorphic technology’s potential for data processing and self-learning in soft robotics
- The hardware is being developed from the Strategic Elements Nanocube Memory Ink technology, conducted at the University of New South Wales (UNSW)
- Early-stage results shows the technology uses less power to operate than the human brain and is able to use multiple resistance states
- The neural network hardware being developed by the UNSW team is designed to be printable, portable, low power, flexible and semi-transparent
- Strategic Elements is up 9.73 per cent, trading at 62 cents
Strategic Elements (SOR) has received proof of concept work demonstrating its printable neuromorphic technology’s potential for data processing and self-learning in soft robotics.
The printable neuromorphic hardware is being developed from the Strategic Elements Nanocube Memory Ink technology, conducted in the Nanoionics laboratory at the University of New South Wales (UNSW).
Early stage results shows the technology uses less power to operate than the human brain and is able to use multiple resistance states, with the potential capacity to process multiple points of data.
The technology was successfully operated at an ultra-low level of 0.8 volts and in the microamps range of current.
Although artificial neural networks are not uncommon, most synapse networks exist only as software.
The UNSW team is in early-stage development of a neural network hardware designed to be printable, portable, low power, flexible and semi-transparent. These features are ideally suited to robotics and computer vision applications.
This suggests they could have the ability to place flexible neuromorphic hardware onto soft robotics in health or manufacturing sectors, or devices requiring such low power that battery or energy harvesting technologies, like humidity, could potentially be used as a power source.
UNSW’s new artificial synapse has shown significant steps forward in lowering power consumption, the ability to continuously change conductance with voltage pulses, encouraging endurance and multilevel switching. These features are important for possible applications such as image processing and smart sensors for e-skin and soft robotics.
Strategic Elements intends to assess a potential program of work between the computer vision and robotics team to develop a prototype application.
The company also plans to look into reducing the temperature required to manufacture the hardware and increase the number of artificial synapses to meet requirements of image recognition and tactile touch sensors in robotics.
Strategic Elements is up 9.73 per cent, trading at 62 cents at 10:35 am AEDT.
