Kudan Listed in Qualcomm Robotics RB5 Platform Announcement

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., recently announced the Qualcomm® Robotics RB5 Platform and Kudan was listed in the release as one of the software development companies enabling various robotics applications. Qualcomm Technologies has engaged many leading companies that have endorsed the Qualcomm Robotics RB5 Platform to date, and we will accelerate joint promotion activities between Qualcomm Technologies and Kudan.

Please see below for some major points about Qualcomm Robotics RB5 Platform from their press release:

◆Qualcomm Technologies announced the Qualcomm Robotics RB5 platform – the Company’s most advanced, integrated, comprehensive offering designed specifically for robotics.

◆Building on the successful Qualcomm® Robotics RB3 platform and its broad adoption in a wide array of robotics and drone products available today, the Qualcomm Robotics RB5 platform is comprised of an extensive set of hardware, software and development tools.

◆The Qualcomm Robotics RB5 platform is the first of its kind to bring together the Company’s deep expertise in 5G and AI to empower developers and manufacturers to create the next generation of high-compute, low-power robots and drones for the consumer, enterprise, defence, industrial and professional service sectors – and the comprehensive Qualcomm Robotics RB5 Development Kit helps ensure developers have the customization and flexibility they need to make their visions a commercial reality.

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For more details, please review Qualcomm Technologies’ press release:
Qualcomm Launches World’s First 5G and AI-Enabled Robotics Platform
https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2020/06/17/qualcomm-launches-worlds-first-5g-and-ai-enabled-robotics-platform

※Qualcomm is a trademark of Qualcomm Incorporated, registered in the United States and other countries.
Qualcomm Robotics RB3 Platform and Qualcomm Robotics RB5 Platform are products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.

For the reference, here is the announcement Kudan made on June 8 2020:
KudanSLAM localization & mapping software is now compatible with Qualcomm® Robotics RB3 Platform
https://www.kudan.io/archives/82

About Kudan Inc.
Kudan (Tokyo Stock Exchange securities code: 4425) is a deep tech research and development company specializing in algorithms controlling artificial perception (AP), a technology which provides machines (computers and robots) with the equivalent of human “eyes.” As a complement to artificial intelligence (AI), AP functions as a deep tech which allows machines to develop autonomy. Currently, Kudan is using its high-level technical innovation to explore business areas based on its own milestone models established for deep tech which provide wide-ranging impact on several major industrial fields. In addition to the independently-developed AP technology it has produced, Kudan is also conducting R&D in the fields of machine perception, deep perception and neural perception networks, with an eye to the integration of its technology with artificial intelligence (AI) and the internet of things (IoT).
For more information, please refer to Kudan’s website at https://www.kudan.io/.

■Company details
Name: Kudan Inc.
Securities code: 4425
Representative: Managing Director Tomo Ohno