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Rufus T. FireflyBudget: EUR 0.3 MioPeople involved: 2

“i-Robot” ?Budget: EUR 100 MioPeople involved: ?

AI Lab 1995 AI Lab 2010 AI in 2025 ?

Artificial OctopusBudget: EUR 8 MioPeople involved: 40

ECCE-robotBudget: EUR 5 MioPeople involved: 20

Impressive developments in AI…but:

Director Prof. Dr. Rolf Pfeifer

1987: Foundation with 2 PhDs students

2011: Approx. 35 scientific staff, 10 students

456 Scientific papers, several books

3 graduates became professors, 1 graduate just received the OBAMA awards

Home of 6 startups

Co-deputy lead of the National Competence Center in Robotics as announced by Didier Burkhalter

Initiator of the global Shanghai Lectures

…where does the money come from?

… how about the money?

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Interesting research attracts money

• University of Zurich, Switzerland

• Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)- From locomotion to cognition- Dynamical coupling in motor-sensory function substitution- From morphology to functionality- Swiss National Competence Center Robotics (started Dec 2010)

• EU-Projects - Locomorph / Octopus- Extended Sensory-Motor Contingencies- ECCERobot / Amarsi / EU-Cog II/III

• Private funding/others- CIAN (Club of Intelligent Angels)- Maxon Motor- Festo- Hasler Foundation- Switch- Startups

Success factors: Thinking out of the box

• University of Zurich, Switzerland

• Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)- From locomotion to cognition- Dynamical coupling in motor-sensory function substitution- From morphology to functionality- Swiss National Competence Center Robotics (started Dec 2010)

• EU-Projects - Locomorph / Octopus- Extended Sensory-Motor Contingencies- ECCERobot / Amarsi / EU-Cog II/III

• Private funding/others- CIAN (Club of Intelligent Angels)- Maxon Motor- Festo- Hasler Foundation- Switch- Startups

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Example: Club of Intelligent Angels (CIAN)

Club of investors to support AI Lab projects (yearly membership fees)

Source of money not attached to a certain research project

Increases independence and releases bottlenecks

CIAN – Boosting special projects

CIAN – Boosting special projects

Mahtab Soin Student from

India Design and

construction of a new generation robot hand

CIAN – Novel humanoid robotic hand

CIAN – Boosting special projects

CIAN – Robot logistics and technology

CIAN – Boosting special projects

Financing of feasibility study

AI fish can be operated with an iPhone in 3D space

AI fish aims at developing a consumer product based on AI Lab technology

CIAN – AI fish on iPhone

CIAN – Boosting special projects

Groups of young students and other interested people are regularly invited to visit the AI Lab

Active support of young talents and expert networks

Swiss CIO Association

CIAN – Financing of over 50 labtours

CIAN – Boosting special projects

CIAN – Financing of marketing brochures

CIAN – Boosting special projects

CIAN – Logistics and upgrade of Eccerobot

CIAN – Logistics and upgrade of Eccerobot

Cronos: the first humanoid robot in Playboy Ukraine

CIAN – Boosting special projects

Financed Co-authorship

Financing of layout and publishing services

E-marketing

CIAN – Publishing the first AI E-Book

CIAN – Publishing the first AI E-Book

Success factors: Thinking out of the box

• University of Zurich, Switzerland

• Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)- From locomotion to cognition- Dynamical coupling in motor-sensory function substitution- From morphology to functionality- Swiss National Competence Center Robotics (started Dec 2010)

• EU-Projects - Locomorph / Octopus- Extended Sensory-Motor Contingencies- ECCERobot / Amarsi / EU-Cog II/III

• Private funding/others- CIAN (Club of Intelligent Angels)- Maxon Motor- Festo- Hasler Foundation- Switch- Startups

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Example: The Starmind company

Founded in June 2010 as Starmind International AG

15 employees in Switzerland

Over 8000 users and talents worldwide

Serving large banks and high-tech companies at an international scale

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Example: The Starmind company

Questions can be posted online, are then automatically analyzed and directly routed to identified experts within a company.

Starmind algorithm identify talentswithin companies via internet and mobile devices

A network of 1000 brains connected help companies to impress clients at the frontline

Boost in problem solving capacity through charting of know-how networks in real-time

What next ?– Save the date: 08. March 2013, Zurich,

Switzerland

What next ?– Save the date: 08. March 2013, Zurich,

Switzerland

Come a visit us in Zurich !

What next ?– Save the date: 08. March 2013, Zurich,

Switzerland

Come a visit us in Zurich !

and (very important)…:

…please save the date - 08./09. March 2013, Zurich,

SwitzerlandOn the occasion of the 25th AI Lab anniversary

Largest international Robots and Cyborgs exhibition ever

Presentation of the latest humanoid robots

Presentations on the state of the art in humanoid robotics and cyborg technology

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Thank you for your attention !

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