[(Title)]Store scanning robots will get AI, object recognition boost with recent acquisition

, the company behind the shelf-scanning robots that Walmart has been experimenting with in select retail locations, just acquired artificial intelligence company .

沃尔玛一直在特定零售点进行试验性的货架扫描机器人，近期刚刚收购了人工智能公司。

A Carnegie Mellon spinoff, HawXeye has a library of 52 patents around face detection and object recognition, increasingly important technologies as robots in a variety of fields begin working with diverse object sets, such as SKUs in a store or logistics facility.As part of the deal, HawXeye founder Marios Savvides, a CMU professor, has joined Bossa Nova and will serve as Chief AI Scientist.

作为卡内基梅隆的衍生公司，HawXeye拥有52个关于人脸检测和物体识别的专利库，随着各种领域的机器人开始使用各种对象集，例如商店或物流设施中的SKU，这些技术越来越重要。作为协议的一部分，哈维耶创始人、CMU教授玛丽奥斯·萨维德斯加入了博萨·诺瓦，并将担任首席人工智能科学家。

He'll primarily be working in areas like deep learning, facial biometrics, and object recognition.Savvides is charged with advancing Bossa Nova's product recognition capabilities at scale and identifying out-of-stock and misplaced products.Bossa Nova's robots rove stores scanning shelves and alerting managers to any issues with inventory, including misplaced or low-stock items.

他将主要从事深度学习，面部生物识别和物体识别等领域的工作.Savvides负责大规模推进Bossa Nova的产品识别能力，并识别缺货和错位的产品。波塞诺瓦的机器人在商店扫描货架和提醒管理人员任何库存问题，包括错放或低库存物品。

They deliver unparalleled real-time product data to the largest retailers in the world through fully autonomous service robots," said Prof. Marios Savvides, Chief AI Scientist of Bossa Nova and director of CyLab Biometrics Center at CMU.

波塞诺瓦首席人工智能科学家，CMU网络实验室生物识别中心主任说：“他们通过完全自主的服务机器人向世界上最大的零售商提供无与伦比的实时产品数据。”

"When combined with their robotics technology, our AI can unlock unprecedented levels of accuracy, reliability, and scale in retail scene understanding.

“如果结合机器人技术，我们的AI可以释放前所未有的准确性、可靠性和规模的零售场景理解。与波塞诺瓦合作，我们相信我们能创造一个零售数据和分析新的时代。”

With Bossa Nova, we're confident we can create a new era of retail data and analytics.

"Bossa Nova recently announced  in additional funding, bringing the company's total company to date to $70 million.

“波塞诺瓦最近宣布追加资金，为公司带来7,000万美元。”