Diligent Robotics' first clinical assistant was Poli,[14] a one-arm robot that was able to pre-fetch supply kits to allow nursing staff to spend more time with patients.[15] Poli was piloted at Seton Medical Center at the University of Texas in Austin.[14] The firm's second healthcare support robot, Moxi,[16] is a refurbished and updated version of Poli.[17][18] It possesses more human-like features including a face that can visually communicate social cues and a head and torso.[17]
In 2020, Diligent Robotics raised a $10 million Series A. In 2022, the company raised more than $30 million for their Series B, led by Tiger Global, for a total of nearly $50 million since founding.[19] It has won accolades including being named as Time's 100 Best Inventions (2019),[20]World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer (2021),[21]and Newsweek America's Greatest Disruptors (2021).[22]
Awards and honors
2013 Best paper in cognitive robotics IEEE International Conference on Robotics[7]
2020: The Future of Science is Female by Zara Stone[29]
Appearances
In November 2020, Chu keynoted at ROS World on "Accelerating Innovation with ROS: Lessons in Healthcare"[30]
In October 2022, Chu keynoted at the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) in Kyoto on “Launching Socially-Aware Mobile Manipulation Robots in Hospitals.”[31]
Bin Liu、Laura Chiticariu、Vivian Chu、HV Jagadish、Frederick R. Reiss、「データプロベナンスを使用した情報抽出ルールの改良」、IEEE Data Engineering Bulletin、2010年。[ 33 ]
Vivian Chu、Ian McMahon、Lorenzo Riano、Craig G. McDonald、Qin He、Jorge M. Perez-Tejada、Michael Arrigo、Naomi Fitter、John C. Nappo、Trevor Darrell、Katherine J. Kuchenbecker。「ロボット探索手順を使用して触覚形容詞の意味を学習する」、IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)、2013年。[ 33 ]
Vivian Chu、Kalesha Bullard、Andrea L. Thomaz、「HRIのためのマルチモーダルリアルタイム偶発事象検出」、IEEE/RSJ国際インテリジェントロボットシステム会議(IROS)、2014年[ 33 ]
Vivian Chu、Ian McMahon、Lorenzo Riano、Craig G. McDonald、Qin He、Jorge M. Perez-Tejada、Michael Arrigo、Trevor Darrell、Katherine J. Kuchenbecker、「物理的相互作用による触覚形容詞のロボット学習」、Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS)、2015 [ 33 ]
Vivian Chu、Tesca Fitzgerald、Andrea L. Thomaz、「人間のガイダンスと自己探索の組み合わせを活用したオブジェクトのアフォーダンスの学習」、IEEE/ACM 国際人間ロボットインタラクション会議 (HRI)、2016 年。[ 33 ]
Vivian Chu、Baris Akgun、Andrea L. Thomaz、「デモンストレーションと人間主導の探索から触覚アフォーダンスを学ぶ」、IEEE Haptics Symposium (HAPTICS)、2016年。[ 33 ]
Vivian Chu、Andrea L. Thomaz。「ガイド付き探索による物体のアフォーダンス学習における教師間の違いの分析」、International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR)、2017年。[ 33 ]