Nota (CEO Chae Myeong-su), a company specializing in AI lightweighting and optimization, has launched a full-scale attack on the physical AI market, including robots and drones, through facial recognition AI model optimization.

Nota announced on the 25th that it will join hands with Telechips, a fabless automotive semiconductor company, to conquer the global physical AI market.

The two companies recently signed a physical AI technology collaboration agreement and decided to optimize and apply facial recognition AI models to Telechips' high-performance AP (Application Processor) 'Dolphin5'.

Telechips' Dolphin 5 is a high-performance AP semiconductor designed for vehicle infotainment and ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems).

With the recent surge in demand for edge computing and real-time recognition capabilities, their applications are expanding to diverse fields such as robots, drones, and industrial automation devices.

Nota focuses on lightweighting and optimizing the facial recognition AI model to fit the NPU structure of Dolphin 5, thereby implementing fast and stable recognition performance even in limited computational environments.

Through this, it is expected to become a core function in industries that require immediate judgment and inference in physical environments, such as not only vehicles but also robots, drones, and smart factories.

Nota has been making AI models lightweight in various environments such as mobile, cloud, and edge.Based on this experience, this collaboration will enable us to fully expand our business into the field of in-vehicle physical AI.

The collaboration between the two companies is expected to lead to the creation of tangible value, such as maximizing computational efficiency, enhancing fast recognition performance, reducing power consumption, and improving real-world performance in edge devices.

This will soon lead to the ability to recognize and identify the faces of workers and users in real time in robots, drones, and industrial automation systems.

Through this agreement, the two companies plan to strengthen the Dolphin 5-based AI ecosystem and significantly expand its scope of application beyond the automotive electronics market to the global physical AI market, including robotics, drones, and industrial automation.

Telechips will provide semiconductor platform capabilities, while Nota will provide high-efficiency AI technology, establishing a partnership with competitive hardware and software integration.

Chae Myung-soo, CEO of Nota, said, “Through our collaboration with Telechips, we will provide optimized technology to ensure the stable operation of high-efficiency AI models in physical AI fields such as vehicles and robots, enabling customers to experience real performance innovation.”