A new wave in Artificial Intelligence based on Deep Learning enabled by massive datasets, GPUs, and cloud computing is being embraced by industry for applications from autonomous driving to digital personal assistants. What are AI's implications for Factory Automation, where labor costs are increasing, product lifecycles are getting shorter, and customized products are more popular?

This workshop will explore the latest advances with experts from academia and industry, including national project updates from Japan and China. One area of interest is advances in Deep Learning for Machine Vision with applications in inspection. Another is Deep Learning from Demonstrations, where robots learn from observations of humans performing tasks such as assembly and warehouse order fulfillment.