Talks and co.
2022
Let’s Go Hiking to understand Python Environments
Date: June 2022
Speakers
- Jean Marc Alkazzi, idealworks
Conference: PyData London 2022 [5min Lightning Talk]
Abstract: None
Idealworks, Industrial Robots, and Virtual Worlds
Date: March 2022
Speakers:
- Jean Marc Alkazzi, idealworks
- Jimmy Nassif, idealworks
Conference: NVIDIA GTC 2022 Spring
Abstract: idealworks is a recent spinoff from BMW Group, responsible for AI and robotics in the factory. We design and build solutions for BMW Group and external customers. We’ll discuss the development workflow for building our robot using NVIDIA ISAAC, and how we leverage NVIDIA ISAAC Sim and NVIDIA Omniverse to build virtual worlds for robots.
2021
No-Code AI Visual Robotic-Based Inspection
Date: April 2021
Speakers:
- Jean Marc Alkazzi, BMW Group
- Christian Piechnick, Wandelbots
Conference: NVIDIA GTC 2021 Spring
Abstract: Re-programmable, lightweight robots that are good at many activities are the best choice for modular and flexible production lines. Equipping these robots with a camera provides a straightforward opportunity to capture images for AI-based quality control inferencing. Since the robotic arm movements are customized to each component or application scenario, the acquired images are, too. Interlacing the robots to the Realtime Computer Vision (RCV) software platform delivered rapid and straightforward creation of AI models.
2020
How to Train Your Robot: A Simulation-First Approach
Date: October 2020
Speakers:
- Jean Marc Alkazzi, BMW Group
- Anthony Rizk, BMW Group
Conference: NVIDIA GTC 2020 Fall
Abstract: BMW Group strives for the highest levels of innovation extending beyond car production. With NVIDIA, we’re developing our own robotics pipeline to redefine logistics and impact the industry at large. We’ll describe BMW Group’s research and development in one of our most recent applications: the Smart Transport Robot (STR). We’ll focus on the simulation environment and how it’s involved in the development process of our STR. We’ll explain the steps needed to create this simulation environment, as well as how it’s used in various tasks including navigation, docking under the dolly, environment awareness, fleet management, and behavior tests. We’ll also address the challenges faced during development and showcase the workflow, from synthetic data generation to training and deployment for different tasks including object detection, pose estimation, and freespace segmentation.
Leveraging NVIDIA’s Technology for the Ultimate Industrial Autonomous Transport Robot
Date: March 2020
Speakers:
- Jean Marc Alkazzi, BMW Group
- Anthony Rizk, BMW Group
Conference: NVIDIA GTC 2020 Spring
Abstract: BMW Group strives for the highest levels of innovation extending beyond car production. With NVIDIA, we’re developing our own robotics pipeline to redefine logistics at BMW Group and impact the industry at large. We’ll describe BMW Group’s research and development work in one of our most recent applications: the Smart Transport Robot (STR). We’ll also explain how we are leveraging NVIDIA’s ISAAC framework for indoor transportation by building an enhanced autonomous transportation robot, and how we implemented SLAM and 3D pose estimation approaches on NVIDIA’s Jetson AGX Xavier to tackle the numerous challenges of a dynamic logistics environment.