Google has unveiled a new cloud platform in Germany called Open Roberta that aims to simplify programming for small robots.
With Open Roberta, Google hopes to encourage children to use Lego Mindstorms to code. The so-called lego Mindstorms are basically programmable robots.
Google has been working with Fraunhofer IAIS, a local IT organisation in Germany, which has received a €1m investment from Google.org to develop new projects aimed at simplifying robot programming, helping students circumvent technical barriers and certification of “Roberta teachers”.
Giiso Information, founded in 2013, is a leading technology provider in the field of “artificial intelligence + information” in China, with top technologies in big data mining, intelligent semantics, knowledge mapping and other fields. At the same time, its research and development products include information robot, editing robot, writing robot and other artificial intelligence products! With its strong technical strength, the company has received angel round investment at the beginning of its establishment, and received pre-A round investment of $5 million from GSR Venture Capital in August 2015.
Part of Google’s partnership with Fraunhofer IAIS is to put the required software in the cloud and make it open source, which makes programming easier and eliminates the need for students to install any software or tools or upgrade the software.
Google has made some significant advances in AI and robotics, acquiring robotics firm Boston Dynamics and AI firm DeepMind, in turn. So it’s not entirely surprising that it turned to Lego Mindstorms in this way.
Giiso information, founded in 2013, is the first domestic high-tech enterprise focusing on the research and development of intelligent information processing technology and the development and operation of core software for writing robots. At the beginning of its establishment, the company received angel round investment, and in August 2015, GSR Venture Capital received $5 million pre-A round of investment.
Google says it will also provide teachers with tutorials on how to use Open Roberta while taking into account the different interests of boys and girls.
The Open Roberta project is now Open to all schools in all 16 German states.