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User-Friendly AI & IoT with Steven Griggs, VP of Sales Engineering at Rajant

Over the Air · 28 Mar 2024 · 22m

AI in practice: one real use of AI described

What this episode covers

Steven Griggs, VP of Sales Engineering at Rajant, explains how the company uses its proprietary Kinetic Mesh protocol to create self-healing, peer-to-peer wireless networks for industrial and emergency response scenarios. He details the launch of 'Cowbell,' an edge computing AI device that performs local video analytics to reduce data transmission, and discusses the company's expansion into mining, ports, and autonomous vehicles. Griggs also highlights Rajant's acquisition of Reyos for smart building IoT solutions and mentions partnerships with Drone Code and OpenCV.

AI in practice

Where this conversation describes AI being used to build or deliver a product. Part of the AI in practice tracker.

Engineering & simulationCowbell (Rajant edge computing device)

Rajant's AI team developed a video analytics application that runs on the Cowbell device to detect whether workers are wearing required personal protective equipment (PPE) like hard hats and vests, enabling real-time safety alerts at the edge.

“So our AI team actually developed a couple of applications, one of which is a video analytics application … the cowbell is doing all the analytics right there on the edge. So it can look at a frame and it can look at a person and knows what a vest looks like … it can automatically tell, whether you're wearing everything or you're not.”

Speaker 1 · Hear it at 7:08

Most relevant to

companies scaling up

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Rajant, Reyos, Drone Code, Linux Foundation, Very
Products
Kinetic Mesh, BreadCrumb, Cowbell
Also
OpenCV

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