SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434) and Silicon Valley-based Aizip, Inc. jointly developed a machine learning application capable of counting fish in real time with smartphones and other edge devices. The technology was selected for a CES® 2025 Innovation Award in the Food & AgTech category. Entries in this award category are evaluated based on their ability to “produce, preserve or process food with less waste and enable better nutrition.”
To improve efficiency in the aquaculture industry, SoftBank has been conducting research to develop a technology that can count fish in real time. SoftBank teamed up with Aizip to develop an AI application to count fish on smartphones, utilizing its own computer graphics (CG) simulation solution and Aizip's compact AI technology. The jointly developed miniature and low-power AI model utilizes Tiny Machine Learning (TinyML), a type of machine learning that makes it possible for AI models to run on smaller, less powerful devices. Despite the reduced scale, the AI model is still capable of counting fish underwater with 95% accuracy.
Real-time data capture and analysis on smartphones and other edge devices is becoming increasingly important to achieve operational efficiency in primary industries like aquaculture. By making it possible to run AI applications on edge devices, SoftBank and Aizip are seeking to expand opportunities for using smartphones in environments without networks – such as the open ocean, mountaintops or in airplanes – and thereby revolutionize industry.
SoftBank and Aizip will be presenting their applications at CES® 2025 on January 7, 2025, in Las Vegas.
More details are in this press release.
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