BUILDING DIGITAL COMMUNITIES.
Benefits of Artificial Intelligence.
In an increasingly digital-first world, the future of artificial intelligence (AI) is at the frontier of hopes and concerns about how technology will shape our lives.
Demystifying AI and ensuring its decisions are transparent, reliable, responsible, and ethical, will be essential to building a future where technology truly serves humanity.
Will AI take over the world?
Who knows! It will certainly be around us in one shape or form going forward, and it is up to us how to use it for the benefit of everyone, everywhere.
At Loughborough University, we are working towards a more equitable future for humanity where the power of AI technology is harnessed to combat inequity and drive common prosperity.
AI IN FOOD MANUFACTURING.
How AI works as a chef
In partnership with Millitec Food systems, we have developed advanced AI-powered robotic vision system for the Millitec HDR Delta Robot, which brings the most advanced robotics and machine learning technology to an important, everyday task:
Making the perfect sandwich.
Cutting-edge camera tech embedded with AI allows the robot to ‘see’ - transforming the traditional food production line into an advanced robotic manufacturing system. Thanks to this enhanced functionality, the robot system can produce an astonishing 750,000 sandwiches per day.
This is a game changer for the food production industry, offering new levels of control, precision, speed, quality and safety, while responding to chronic staff shortages.
Led by Professor Baihua Li and Professor Qinggang Meng along with the expert knowledge of Dr Mohamad Saada, the partnership was the winner of the Made in the Midlands 2023 Food and Drink Award, a testament to the power of the University’s many industry-academic partnerships, and one which continues to provide PhD and placement opportunities to our students.
AI IN BUSINESS OPERATIONS.
Intelligent Designs
"While modern computers excel at numeracy, they struggle with tasks needing intuition and guesswork. Memristor circuits will enable them to learn things just as we do. Memristor circuits will enable machines to learn as naturally and dynamically as humans do.
"This groundbreaking technology paves the way for AI systems and robots built on principles that mirror the human brain, achieving extraordinary computational power while using orders of magnitude less energy."
Professor Sergey Saveliev
School of Science
True machine learning cannot be achieved within the confines of a single discipline. We are pioneering approaches that combine the expertise of our physicists, biologists, chemists, neuroscientists and AI specialists to create human-like ‘thinking’ software and hardware – going beyond the simple question of how artificial intelligence works. Such machines will unlock capabilities that are unimaginable today, enabling nanorobots to perform surgery inside the human body, or deploying autonomous systems that can save lives in disaster zones inaccessible to humans.
Delivered in collaboration with the University of Massachusetts, the Salk Institute for Biological Sciences, A&M Texas University, and ARM – with funding from EPSRC – our School of Science is creating a new generation of AI which mimic the neural processes of the human brain in tiny electronic chips going beyond AI’s current capabilities. This interdisciplinary technology reduces the environmental and financial cost of AI systems, making them more efficient across various industries and applications.
The novel technology will have the ability to learn and recognise patterns more rapidly, cost effectively and energy efficiently than current software-driven AI systems – providing multiple business advantages.
AI IN EDUCATION.
Hologrammatic, Holistic
“This new technology will enhance the learning experiences of our students, enabling us to offer more interaction with external guests, particularly those based overseas”
Professor Rachel Thomson
Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost of Loughborough University and Professor of Materials Engineering
Proto is a novel hologram device in use globally by Fortune 500 companies, hospitals, museums, sports venues, retail and the entertainment industry. But Loughborough University is the first UK university to adopt Star Wars-style Proto holoportation technology, using to enhance the teaching and learning environment on our East Midlands and London campuses.
Part of our pioneering DigiLabs programme, the Proto hologram enables real-time, live interactions between people anywhere in the world in lifelike 3D, a step change in interactive learning experiences with a reduced carbon cost - an innovative application of artificial intelligence in education.
AI IN TRANSPORTATION.
Smart, safe, swift travel
Our Transport AI Innovation Centre (TRAICE) brings together the expertise of more than 90 academics from all nine Schools across the University, fostering a truly interdisciplinary approach to responsible, human-centred Transport AI. Together, we advance smart, safe, efficient, equitable and sustainable mobility.
The DRIVE Research Cluster exemplifies TRAICE’s interdisciplinary, collaborative vision - advancing inclusive mobility across all modes of road transport.
One TRAICE project, Manchester Prize finalist TraffEase AI, is pioneering transport data solutions to make advanced analytics accessible to every city authority for effective transport planning and management.
TraffEase AI will empower smarter, data-driven decisions to alleviate congestion, reduce emissions, and enhance mobility for all people. It has already started to do so through its commercialisation by securing £400k for the first agentic AI platform for transport data, in pursuit of a better world.
Dr Haitao He, the Director of TRAICE, says that that AI in transportation
‘provides an unparallelled opportunity to create more equitable, inclusive, and accessible cities of the future across the country.‘
How does AI learn?
Can AI prepare food?
What is the relationship between a hologram and AI?
Such questions signify that AI and its role in our lives is rapidly evolving. At Loughborough University, our ongoing research strives to create inclusive communities, utilising AI and cognitive technologies for a better world.
BECAUSE THE WORLD CAN'T WAIT.
NEITHER SHOULD YOU.
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