The 18-inch tall robots on four wheels zipping across city sidewalks stopped people in their tracks as they whipped out their camera phones.
The bots' mission: To deliver restaurant meals cheaply and efficiently, another leap in the way food comes to our doors and our tables.
The semiautonomous vehicles were engineered by Kiwibot, a company started in 2017 to game-change the food delivery landscape. Three years later, the pandemic exacerbated the need for door-to-door food service, prompting rising delivery costs for restaurants and their customers.
Do AI-powered food robots put human jobs at risk? | ZDNet
Throughout the pandemic, there's been major interest in contactless, automation-driven consumer experiences in the food industry. Robots like Flippy from Miso Robotics, an autonomous line cook, and Briggo , a robotic barista, are gaining purchase among customers whose attitude toward automation has been rewired amid fears of contamination and an expectation of rapid service.
GN: What's your sales pitch to partners like Walmart and Jamba, who may not have had integrated in-store robotics before?
Analysis: Pentagon seeks new ways to keep human control of robots | Tom Roeder | Premium |
Tom Roeder is the Gazette's City Editor. In Colorado Springs since 2003, Tom has covered the military at home and overseas and has cover statehouses in Denver and Olympia, Wash. His main job, though, is being dad to two great kids.
A Gazette investigation shows an increasing number of soldiers, including wounded combat veterans, are being kicked out of the service for misconduct, often with no benefits, as the Army downsizes after a decade of war.
Realtime Robotics raises $31.4M to help industrial robots plan their moves | VentureBeat
Realtime Robotics , a company developing technology that enables robots to alter their motions in dynamic, fast-moving environments, has raised $31.4 million in a series A round of funding.
Founded out of Boston in 2016, Realtime Robotics said that it has developed a processor capable of creating "collision-free motion plans" in milliseconds, helping industrial robots and other autonomous vehicles plan their every move and alter course if needed.
While Realtime Robotics caters to structured environments where object locations and positions are known, it's unstructured environments and unpredictable workspaces where things get particularly interesting.
Global Exoskeleton Robots Market to Reach $2.1 Billion by 2026
SAN FRANCISCO , June 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A new market study published by Global Industry Analysts Inc., (GIA) the premier market research company, today released its report titled "Exoskeleton Robots - Global Market Trajectory & Analytics" . The report presents fresh perspectives on opportunities and challenges in a significantly transformed post COVID-19 marketplace.
FACTS AT A GLANCE
Edition: 7; Released: March 2021
Executive Engagements: 2798
Companies: 101 - Players covered include Cyberdyne, Inc.; Ekso Bionics; Hocoma AG; Honda Motor Co., Ltd.; Lockheed Martin Corporation; Panasonic Corporation; Parker Hannifin Corporation; Rewalk Robotics Ltd.; Rex Bionics Ltd.; Toyota Motor Corporation and Others.
The Secret To Better Soft-Bodied Robots Might Be Found In Elephant Trunks : NPR
The Army is paying for investigations on the physics of elephant trunks — and researchers say these versatile appendages may hold clues for designing better soft-bodied robots.
ANDREW SCHULZ: The first is manipulation - so grabbing, sucking up objects. The second is breathing, sound production, talking to different elephant herds, touch. And finally, olfaction - so smelling.
Do You Fear the Robots? (CARTOON) - Small Business Trends
Instacart enlisting robots to cut labor costs | Fox Business
As many Americans stay at home rather than return to work due to the pandemic, some restaurants are using innovative methods to address the staffing shortage. FOX Business' Ashley Webster with more.
Instacart, the San Francisco-based grocery delivery and pick-up company, is reportedly exploring new technology to enlist robots for its in-store grocery shopping to replace some of its gig workers in a move to cut costs, according to documents detailing the plan obtained by Bloomberg.
Happening on Twitter
#AssamCovidUpdate Personnel engaged in home-delivery of food items and merchandise etc through e-commerce & food d… https://t.co/i9MmwEsSBj himantabiswa (from Guwahati,India) Fri Jun 04 17:48:26 +0000 2021
Very fulfilling to be able to offer high quality home cooked food to covid patients and Covid Care facilities in De… https://t.co/7e77ieyKlb virendersehwag (from India) Thu Jun 03 03:42:01 +0000 2021
There is no vaccine in Delhi. There is no food provision for the poor in Delhi. But Delhi CM has announced, Doo… https://t.co/kFjdccoV9M KimHaokipINC Thu Jun 03 06:28:57 +0000 2021
No comments:
Post a Comment