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The National Robotarium is pioneering intelligent sensing and tele-presence robotic tech to allow health practitioners to remotely assess a person’s physical and cognitive health from anywhere in the world. Hosted by Heriot-Watt University, the Robotarium’s assisted living lab believes this will
Scottish tech startup Coastr has secured £1.4 million in funding through London-based investment platform, GroVentive. Formerly known as Nuvven, Coastr was founded in 2018 by Biswajit Kundu Roy, a University of Strathclyde graduate and former PwC tech strategist. The Edinburgh-based firm offers a
A social robot from the National Robotarium has become the world’s first squash coach to explore if performance improvements and motivation levels can be increased during a player’s solo practice. The project will involve research on court between a real player practising a variety
Success: Kortical has improved the success rate of machine learning implementation 10x for business David vs Goliath: Kortical is configuring machine learning algorithms faster and making them learn better than Google’s Vertex, helping companies with first mover advantage Growth: Kortical to raise an
Hybrid cloud specialists Pulsant has been acquired by Antin Infrastructure Partners for an undisclosed fee. The acquisition of Pulsant from Oak Hill Capital and Scottish Equity Partners will see additional investment focused toward developing Pulsant’s existing platform and network footprint, according to Antin Infrastructure Partners. This
