Ubisoft’s unique strategy and long-term vision in AI revolution - part 2

The bug is not only a nightmare for gamers but also a nightmare for programmers. The current 3A game, almost all need to be completed by thousands of programmers from around the world to work together. A game contains tens of millions of lines of code. Any error in one of the links may result in the quality of the game as a whole. According to Ubisoft’s propaganda video in the Commit Assistant, today's game development costs are so high that “debugging” - the detection and adjustment of bugs account for about 70% of the overall budget.

The Commit Assistant came into being under this background. Using AI instead of expensive human resources to find and correct bugs will greatly reduce the cost of game development, thus allowing game companies to invest more money and manpower in improving the quality of games. The advantage of AI lies in the outstanding ability to process massive amounts of data.

The Commit Assistant, as an AI exterminator, currently has the following capabilities and achievable results:

1. Through in-depth learning of past bug data, analyzing the basic types of bugs, error times, and nodes, and predicting the occurrence of bugs in advance.

2. Real-time monitoring, detection of code in the process of writing bugs, timely remind the programmers. Currently, the misstatement rate of the Commit Assistant is about 30%. The researchers believe that with more game bug data, this number will eventually be reduced to an acceptable level.

3. For the programmer proposed Bug amendments, significantly reduce the programmer's unnecessary repetitive work. According to the R&D team test, the Commit Assistant can save programmers about 20% of the time, which undoubtedly contributes to the reduction of development costs and the improvement of the game quality.

To enjoy the perfectly smooth game experience, you should also own a smart game controller which will provide you the best control touch feeling and the best touch sensitivity, so that you will always win.

Ubisoft’s unique strategy and long-term vision in AI revolution - part 1

Ubisoft is a French game company founded in 1986 and infused with incomparable romantic humanistic feelings and imagination in video games. The Ubisoft has a variety of refreshing and impressive works such as "Rayman", "Prince of Persia", "Watch Dogs" and the famous "Assassin's Creed" series, each of which own thousands of loyal fans around the world. However, once Ubisoft's performance is unsatisfactory, fans will make all kinds of funny sarcasm and jokes about this loved company.

In addition to instability in the game server, Ubisoft has a large number of bugs that seriously affect the player's experience. Ubisoft Montreal’s newly established La Forge studio announced at the Ubisoft Developer Conference in February this year an AI assistant named Commit Assistant, specifically designed to “debug”. It is hoped to relieve the programmer from testing and adjusting the bugs of the game code, at the same time, to get rid of their own Bugisoft's notoriety. Taking a closer look at this AI assistant and the La Forge studio behind it, we can easily discover Ubisoft’s unique strategy and long-term vision in this AI revolution.

Commit Assistant: AI "Debug" Assistant

The bug in the game refers to the abnormal function, poor experience, data loss, abnormal interruption, etc. caused by the error in the game design code during the game running. For most gamers, what they pursue is nothing more than to find an immersive experience in the game that is different from the real world; and the emergence of the Bug is their nightmare. Imagine if you were staring at your Handheld Game Players screen that your character is riding a white horse on the scenic Nile River to explore the mystery of the ancient tomb (Assassin's Creed: Origin), or when your character is planning the next hacking operation in the San Francisco Bay Area (Watchdog 2), an eye-catching NPC flashed in front of you, it will disrupt your exciting game times, right?

ECOVACS DJ35 debuted leading vacuum robot new revolution - part 2

ECOVACS DJ35 is equipped with an exclusive custom Qualcomm APQ8009 processor, this processor contains a quad-core A7 processor, equipped with a customized Linux system, improve the CPU operation efficiency, save computing resources, so the computing capabilities can reach the previous generation for 24 times. After sensing the environment, the robot can calculate the most reasonable sweeping path at the fastest speed and execute the sweeping plan more quickly. The optimal easy path shortens the cleaning time from the root, and with the superior cleaning ability, it finally achieves good and fast cleaning.

Blue Whale Clean System 2.0 Opens New World

Cleaning power is the biggest requirement for sweeping robots. For many families, the cleansing of the ground is not just "sweeping", but also "mopping", and it also requires strong cleaning capacity so that only garbage can be carried away without leaving any traces. ECOVACS DJ35 Robot Vacuum with the new technology upgrade Blue Whale Cleaning System 2.0, perfectly achieved the sweeping + mopping completing the strong clean task.

The biggest technical highlight of the DJ35's Blue Whale Cleaning System 2.0 is its micro-controlled water tank. The so-called micro-control is precisely controlling the amount of water. The third level of water can be adjusted freely by the mobile phone APP. The best condition is that it can not only clean the ground, but also leave no water stains. The ground is always dry and perfect. ECOVACS DJ35 can not only achieve precise control of the amount of water discharged from the ground, but also can automatically adjust the amount of water according to the working status of the machine. When it stops working, it will not seep a water drop. Manual mopping is difficult to avoid the problem of surface water stains, ECOVACS DJ35 can be a perfect solution.

In the future, the development direction of sweeping robots must be smarter, more convenient, and cleaner. ECOVACS has achieved a number of technological breakthroughs on the road to sweeping robots. Today, this DJ35 is a master of ECOVACS's technology, and also expresses ECOVACS's strong determination to make breakthroughs in robot technology.

ECOVACS DJ35 debuted leading vacuum robot new revolution - part 1

Recently, the 2018 China Home Appliances and Consumer Electronics Expo (AWE 2018) was held at the Shanghai New International Expo Center. ECOVACS Robots, the leading brand of home service robots, exhibited the latest sweeping robot at the expo, the ECOVACS Deepoo DJ35, demonstrating the new breakthroughs and innovations in the intelligent home service robotics industry.

Smart Eye launches new era of smart scan

How the robot's cleaning route is comparable to manual cleaning is something ECOVACS has been thinking about. In order for robots to have greater cleaning efficiency, they must first perceive the cleaning environment. The DJ35 brought by the ECOVACS in AWE 2018 reflects ECOVACS's breakthrough in the robot's ability to perceive environmental technologies. The core technology of this is the Smart Eye visual navigation system on the DJ35.

The so-called Smart Eye visual navigation system, like its name, places a "wisdom eye" on the robot. This "wisdom eye" is always watching the changes of the surrounding environment. The robot can "walk" on one side and "view" at the same time. This "wisdom eye" can see the robot's moving position and distance and clearly feel the robot's current room position. Every move is recorded by this "eye". Every step of the move and every process of cleaning work, the ECOVACS DJ35 is very aware. Whether it should be forward or backward, turn left or right, the robot will not lose its way. It refuses to clean up without a rule, the cleanliness of DJ35 must be carried out in an orderly manner.

Artificial intelligence for AI

As we all know, compared to random sweeping robots, planning Robot Vacuum has higher cleaning efficiency. However, the emergence of planned sweeping robots also brings new problems. How can robots plan sweeping paths and can perform sweeping operations more reasonably? This question, ECOVACS DJ35 gives the best answer.

What is the number one vacuum robot in Germany? - part 2

In just a few years, the sweeping robots have completed the transition from random sweeps to intelligent planning, and from single functions to vacuum.

According to statistics of GFK in Germany, from the second half of 2016 to the first half of 2017, ECOVACS robots have achieved rapid growth in the German market and reached the highest market share. As we all know, the demand for quality and technology in Germany is almost paranoid. ECOVACS has become the first choice for German families. At the same time, it has the highest market share in the entire Asia-Pacific region. In the sales ranking of sweeping robots by Yahoo Japan, two of the top three are ECOVACS robot products. In the United States, "Black Friday" (Christmas Shopping Mall in the United States), its product Deepoo DN78 staged a half-day selling out of stock where the shopping scenes were incredibly hot, a single day sales in the Amazon category ranked first also.

It is particularly worth mentioning that the products have not only been recognized by consumers around the world, but have also received the authority of professional organizations. At the end of 2016, Germany TECHBOOK conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the top six flagship brands of top Robot Vacuum in the world. The ECOVACS DR95 was named the smartest robot in many competitions, and the DRK95's ECOVACS Robot App was even rated as "Best APP".

About ECOVACS Robot

ECOVACS Robot has been focusing on the R&D, design, production and sales of home service robots since 1998, and has a core of a complete product line like vacuum robots Deepoo, automatic window cleaning robots Winbot, air purification robots, and butler robots UNIBOT. ECOVACS Robot has always been committed to the mission of “making robots serve the global family”, so that more people can enjoy the smart life brought about by technological innovation!

What is the number one vacuum robot in Germany? - part 1

On September 1, 2017, the IFA, one of the world's three major consumer electronics fairs (AWE in China, CES in the United States, and IFA in Germany) opened in Berlin. As one of the earliest home service robot R&D and manufacturers in the world, ECOVACS Robot has brought its latest sweeping robots, window cleaning robots and other products to the show to share smart life brought by technology with home appliance brands and consumers from all over the world.

The IFA exhibition in Germany began in 1924 and has gone through 93 years. It is the world's most advanced technology brand and product display stage. Every year, it attracts world-famous companies such as Samsung, Sony, and TCL. As early as 2012, ECOVACS Robotics had already released the window cleaning robot Winbot 7 series at IFA. Its sweeping robots and other products were also well received. Every year thereafter, ECOVACS Robots brought the most advanced technology in the entire industry. The vacuum robot Deepoo, butler robot UNIBOT and other latest products were popular in the IFA exhibition.

Latest technology meets user needs

Home service robots are one of the most rapidly developing areas in the service robotics industry. As early as around 2000, the ECOVACS team began to research and development in the area of home service robots. Since the first self-propelled vacuum robot emerged in the public view, ECOVACS Robot successfully transformed the home service robot into a new category. Nowadays, the Robot Vacuum has become the smart product with the highest penetration rate in the world.

The vacuum robot unveiled at IFA was equipped with the world's most advanced intelligent planning technology and cleaning technology. It not only optimized the path planning technology, but also realized functions such as single-room intelligent identification, blind spot sensing, and non-repetition of paused sweeping. The water tank, with its large capacity, can meet the cleaning needs of the whole house at a time by adding water. According to different cleaning needs, it can also independently adjust the speed of water seepage through the mobile phone APP, so that cleaning is not only more thorough but also safer and more convenient. It is reported that at the IFA exhibition, a number of the latest generation of sweeping robots brought by ECOVACS can meet the needs of different families.

IBM Shows "World's Smallest PC"

On March 20th, at the IBM Think 2018 Conference, IBM demonstrated that it was the smallest PC in the world. The size of the micro PC is 1mm*1mm, which is smaller than a grain of salt, and the manufacturing cost is less than 10 US cents.

From the appearance, this PC is just a chip form, but it is more compact than sea salt particles. In other words, without the help of the outside world, ordinary people find it difficult to find the existence of this PC.

In terms of functionality, the micro PC has a processor with "hundreds of thousands" transistors, an SRAM memory, a photovoltaic cell for power supply, and a communication unit that communicates with the outside world using LEDs and a photodetector. IBM claims that the micro PC has comparable performance to the x86 chip in 1990, which means it can run the first generation of Doom.

The practical application of IBM's micro PC is mainly focused on supply chain management and blockchain. It can be used as a data source for blockchain applications, track the delivery of goods, prevent theft and counterfeit fraud, and can also perform basic artificial intelligence operations. This device contains hundreds of thousands of transistors, with monitoring, analysis, communication and even more operations on the data. According to the founding staff, the main role of this PC is to track the transportation of goods and regulate the unreasonable behavior of the goods in the transportation process.

IBM staff revealed that the future of micro-PCs will completely change people's lives, especially the android mini pc, from medical care to logistics, and even all aspects of life. This highly integrated embedded product will appear more in our lives. And IBM is currently testing the prototype of this PC.

The official release date of the micro PC has not yet been determined and it is still in the prototype stage.