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Japan – MHI Develops an Onboard AI-Based Object Detector Utilizing a Next-Generation Space-Grade MPU

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) recently developed an onboard artificial intelligence (AI)-based object detector called “AIRIS”(1) that detects objects from satellite images with satellite-mounted AI driven by the next-generation space-grade MPU(2) “SOISOC4.” AIRIS is scheduled to be launched aboard the small demonstration satellite “RAISE-4″(3) in FY2025, after which it will conduct an in-orbit demonstration. Data processor (left) and earth observation camera (right) comprising the onboard AI-based object detector AIRIS The cycle to be demonstrated by AIRIS AIRIS is a satellite-mounted device consisting of an AI-equipped data processor and an earth observation camera developed by the Tokyo University of Science. It ... Read more