A program that debates humans, 3D printed aircraft and autonomous flying vehicles can only mean that the future is here (Curated By- Anjan Das; Coordinated By- Mexy Xavier)
Easy Ride Robo-CabNissan Motor has deployed its Nissan Leaf electric vehicle to test a self-driving robo-taxi service in Japan. Called Easy Ride, the service is being tested in partnership with the technology firm DeNA.
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Through voice and text commands, the rider can use DeNA’s mobile app to input a destination or activity and then choose from a list of 500 recommendations.
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Volocopter, Urban air taxisThe Volocopter is the world’s first fully-electric, flying vehicle for urban mobility, built by the eponymous German manufacturer, and has completed test flights in Dubai. The air taxi system, which can carry two people at a time, has no combustion engine, produces no noise, has no complex mechanics and turns the vision of ‘flight-for-all’ into reality. Using it
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Ira, Robot assistantCurrently deployed at HDFC Bank’s Koramangala branch in Bengaluru, Ira gained fame as the robot that shook hands with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump at the 2017 Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Hyderabad. At the HDFC branch, Ira meets customers and answers queries. It was designed and manufactured by Invento Robotic
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Flytrex mule, Delivery droneIsrael-based drone company Flytrex and Iceland’s largest online marketplace AHA launched the world’s first autonomous drone delivery system in Iceland in 2017.
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The cloud-controlled drones can carry parcels weighing up to 3 kg to a distance of 10 km. The drones collect airspace data from a network of sensors and other air borne drones, helping the system optimise flight planning and lower delivery costs.
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Atlas, The fearsome robotBoston Dynamics has excelled at designing machines that can walk, run and even jump like humans. They can stand their ground even in difficult terrains. Atlas is the latest humanoid from Boston Dynamics. It runs on battery power and weighs 75 kg. With hydraulic actuation, Atlas’s control system coordinates motions of the arms, torso and legs and keeps its balance
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SpotminiSpotMini is a small, four-legged, all electric-robot with the ability to pick up and handle objects using its arm and perception sensors. The arm has five degrees of freedom. At 40 kgs, inclusive of the detachable arm, SpotMini can operate indoors and outdoors and can work for about 90 minutes on a single charge.
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Project debater , AI that debates humansIBM’s Project Debater moves us closer to one of the most important tenets of AI: Mastering language. In June, the program engaged in a public debate with a professional human debater Dan Zafrir. The program can fetch over 300 million indexed news articles and academic papers and respond with an introductory speech, debate the opponent’s views and gi
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Pepper, a social machineAt the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm), cognitive sciences and robot-human communication are studied. The team works with two robots. With Pepper (above), research is oriented around its autobiographical memory. Its clinical application is to accompany and bond with elderly people and interact with them around past, shared experien
