The chip mimics brain function for robotics and human-machine interfaces

• TDK's real-time analog chip learns on the edge for robotics and sensors
• Demo shows high-speed learning in a rock-paper-scissors challenge
• Neuromorphic approach aims to merge sensing and AI for edge computing

For most people, TDK is best known for audio cassettes - which were a staple of home recording and personal music collections throughout the 1980s and 1990s.

Although once synonymous with blank tapes and magnetic materials, the company has since evolved into a major developer of advanced electronics and sensor technologies.

Now, TDK, in collaboration with Hokkaido University, has developed a prototype analog reservoir AI chip it says is capable of real-time learning.

Rock-paper-scissors

The technology mimics the human cerebellum, and processes time-varying data ...