ANYbotics, a spin-out of Switzerland’s ETH Zurich university, has developed rugged four-legged robots to provide automated routine inspections for heavy industry, with the aim of maximizing equipment uptime and improving safety while reducing costs. Customers include Petronas, Shell, Siemens Energy, BASF and Outokumpu, one of Europe’s largest producers of stainless steel. This article is part of The Innovator’s premium content and available only to The Innovator’s Radar subscribers.

Christyl Johnson (PhD) is NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center’s Deputy Director for Technology and Research Investments. …

On February 24th, 2022, less than an hour before Russian tanks started rolling into Ukraine, computer hackers brought down the satellite communications system run by American firm Viasat, temporarily knocking out communications in Ukraine, Internet connections across Europe and wind turbines in Germany. Russia’s attack on Viasat was by no…

Andela aims to provide a more flexible and cost-effective way for corporates to source, manage, and pay remote technical teams. The platform utilizes a proprietary AI talent decision engine that matches the right person for the job, an approach which it says is up to 70% faster than traditional recruiting approaches, at 30 % to 50% less cost. Its network includes over four million technologists, spanning 175 countries. Customers include Goldman Sachs, Kraft Heinz, and Viacom.

Kellee Tsai is the Associate Director of the Center for AI Research (CAiRE) at Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST), Founding Director of CAiRE’s AI Ethics & Governance Lab, and the Dean of Humanities and Social Science. She is leading the university’s initiative on Bridging East-West Approaches to…

Zaptic has developed a connected worker platform providing job instruction and collaboration for frontline teams, and a no-code toolkit designed to accelerate digital transformation of daily operations. The UK startup’s customers include Carlsberg, Danone, Hovis, and Berry Global. “We have created a solution that aims to close the skills gap for 700 million industrial workers”, says Richard Milnes, Zaptic’s Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer.

Oliver Birk has been leading the platform business within the BASF Automotive Refinish Coatings division since 2020. The business includes the digital platforms UBench in Belgium, which was acquired by BASF in 2019, and RepairFix in Germany, a corporate startup launched in 2020. These platforms serve fleet, leasing, and insurance…

For several years, we’ve seen businesses adopt AI to improve productivity and enhance communications with customers. There are already large implementations of AI across the customer service sector with the use of thousands of AI-powered agents. What is different now is that AI technology has crossed the chasm, writes Former…

Imagine telling your computer you want a hamburger and it prints one; the democratization of pharmaceuticals; synthetic bacteria that will eat microplastics in the sea; bacteria or fungi that can clear oil spills, using vast algae farms to capture Co2 emissions and being able to take those applications with us…