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Will Robots Make Our Lives Better or Worse? For decades, people have been predicting how the rise of advanced computing and robotic technologies will affect our lives. On one side, there are warnings that robots will displace humans in the economy, destroying livelihoods, especially for low-skill workers. Read More
Source: indianapublicmedia.org An evolution in robotics is nigh and humans have been working towards it for at least two millennia. Sure the science of robotics only came about in the 20th century, but if you really want to stretch it, the history of human-invented automation could be traced back to ancient Greece. Back then descriptions of robots known as automatons were documented – that’s non-electronic moving machines mimicking human or animal actions – and ever since, the ambition of engineers from all over the world has been to elevate simple mimicking to exact replication! Read More Register for the 2018 Tournament
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Aibo Robotic Design Sony has announced the release of its latest robotic dog, Aibo. This latest evolution of the autonomous robot can ‘form an emotional bond with members of the household while providing them with love, affection, and the joy of nurturing and raising a companion,’ Sony says. Read More
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Stay at The Hotel Run by Robots
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A new hotel in Japan is ditching flesh and blood for a staff of robots - and the receptionist is a robotic dinosaur. A dinosaur receptionist is one of the robots that willmake up the majority of staff at a new hotel opening in Japan.
Architectural excursion of Arkdesign’s and Indesign Domus’ projects has done on June 11th, 2018. All architects and interior designers visited several projects: Nissi Bintaro Campus in Tangerang, Jakarta Eye Center at Kedoya, Gallery West in West Jakarta, Office One in South Jakarta and The Westin in South Jakarta.
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Will Robots Make Our Lives Better or Worse?
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Will robots change our lives in the future? It’s a funny question to ask when they’re changing our lives now in so many ways and they have been for years. From the first time you saw a toaster pop up by itself, we’ve casually accepted that machines can be trusted to do things for us. They record our shows, cook our food, play our music, and even run our cars. We just don’t see it because these “robots” don’t have a face we can talk to or a butt we can kick. Technically robots are automatic motorised tools, but they’re generally known as clunky humanoid foils that have bumbled about popular media for almost a century - mechanised characters of humour, or menace without status, rendering their violent removal a minor plot without guilt. For decades, people have been predicting how the rise of advanced computing and robotic technologies will affect our lives. On one side, there are warnings that AQ 33/ JUNE 2018
robots will displace humans in the economy, destroying livelihoods, especially for low-skill workers. So the question is not whether robots and computers will make human labour in the goods, high-tech services, and information- producing sectors infinitely more productive. They will. What really matters is whether the jobs outside of the robot-computer economy – jobs involving people’s mouths, smiles, and minds – remain valuable and in high demand. Others look forward to the vast economic opportunities that robots will present, claiming, for example, that they
will improve productivity or take on undesirable jobs. From 1850 to 1970 or so, rapid technological progress first triggered wage increases in line with productivity gains. Then came the protracted process of income-distribution equalization, as machines, installed to substitute for human legs, and fingers created more jobs in machineminding, which used human brains and mouths, than it destroyed in sectors requiring routine muscle power or dexterity work.
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And rising real incomes increased leisure time, thereby boosting demand for smiles and the products of minds. Will the same occur when machines take over routine brainwork? Maybe. But it is far from being a safe bet on which to rest an entire argument.
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Aibo Robotic Design
Source : designboom.com Sony has announced the release of its latest robotic dog, Aibo. This latest evolution of the autonomous robot can ‘form an emotional bond with members of the household while providing them with love, affection, and the joy of nurturing and raising a companion,’ Sony says. Featuring a dynamic range of movements and eager responsiveness, the puppy bot also develops its own unique personality as it grows closer to its owners. From a technical standpoint, Sony developed Ultracompact 1- and 2-Axis actuators to bring Aibo to life. The features allow it to express its emotion and give the bot’s compact body the freedom to move along a total of 22 axes, while its eyes utilize two OLEDs that offer nuanced expressions. Curious Aibo can actively seek out its owners, detect words of praise, smiles, head and back scratches, petting, and more. As the robot pup spends time with his owners, it also becomes more aware of its environment, learning to walk around an increasingly wider area and respond to a variety of situations. This adaptable behavior is made possible through inbuilt sensors that can detect and analyze sounds and images. Aibo also comes with fish-eye cameras that allow it to lead its life in close conjunction with its owners, changing over time, maturing and growing into a one-of-a-kind companion. The autonomous robot can ‘form an emotional bond with members of the household’. Aibo features a dynamic range of movements and eager responsiveness. Aibo features a rounded form that exudes an unmistakable vitality. Aibo moves and gestures in hundreds of patterns. Source: www.designboom.com Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJoAcEI2PXQ
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Knightscope Security Scope
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Source : designboom.com A robot produced by silicon valley startup Knightscope is being used to shoo homeless people in San Francisco. The device is being used by the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals (SPCA) branch in the area to ensure that homeless people do not populate the surrounding area. The autonomous robot – known as K9 – works by patrolling a set area using a combination of lasers, cameras, a thermal sensor, and GPS, to alert security services of potential criminal activity. Knightscope have created the robot as part of a crime-fighting fleet manufactured and managed to be a more economical option to security. The robots can be rented out for $7 an hour – less than the average wage of a security guard in the area – and are 5-feet tall, weigh 400 pounds, and can travel up to 3 miles per hour. Companies like Uber and Microsoft have used them to monitor their parking lots and offices in the hopes of preventing crime. San Francisco recently voted to cut down on the number of robots that roam the streets of the tech oriented city, which has seen an influx of small delivery robots in recent years. The SPCA has since been ordered by the city to stop using the robot to patrol the sidewalks outside its office or be fined $1,000 per day, according to the San Francisco Business Times. Source: www.designboom.com Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtuLB2duq2E
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Robomart Self-Driving Grocery
Source : businessinsider.sg A robot grocery called Robomart is coming for the humble delivery worker in California. This week at the Consumer Electronics Show, a startup (of the same name) debuted a self-driving, nearly fully autonomous grocery store on wheels. The robot will bring fruits, vegetables, and other perishable items from the supermarket aisle to customers’ doors. According to Robomart founder Ali Ahmed, the company could compete with the on-demand giants taking on grocery delivery services, like Amazon, Instacart, and Postmates. Supermarket chains would license the platform and robots for a two-year lease, which Ahmed said will still be cheaper than opening a new store. They pocket the delivery fee instead of the on-demand operator. “I believe we’re creating a new category,” Ahmed said at CES, according to TechCrunch. Customers can use a smartphone app to hail the closest robot, which arrives packed with fresh produce. The app unlocks the doors, and the robot tracks what customers have taken using an array of cameras. Robomart charges the customer accordingly and moves on. The company has not revealed its delivery fee or a price range for the produce. Robomart surveyed an unknown number of women between the ages of 24 and 44 and found that more than 85% of those polled said they do not shop for fruits and vegetables online because they think delivery is too expensive or because they do not trust the service to pick their produce. With Robomart, customers can cherry-pick their groceries from the vehicle, so are could be less concern about quality. The vehicle is the culmination of 10 years of work from Ahmed, a serial entrepreneur. It’s about the size of a Sprinter van equipped with LiDAR, radar, and cameras that help it see and drive without a human operator. Ahmed said he expects Robomart to be fully autonomous this year. In San Francisco, supermarket chains that use Robomart may have to keep a close watch on their vehicles. A security robot from startup Knightscope was vandalizedand toppled after it was deployed outside an animal rescue group in December. The company has applied for an Autonomous Vehicle Testing Permit from the California Department of Motor Vehicles and plans to launch a pilot program by summer 2018. Source: businessinsider.sg Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bRYbiPCKc4 AQ 33/ JUNE 2018
Atlas Sprinter Robot
Source: www.digitaltrends.com Atlas Shrugged may be the name of Ayn Rand’s veritable doorstop of a novel, but no-one is shrugging indifferently when it comes to Boston Dynamic’s amazing Atlas robot. For the past five years, Atlas has lived up to A.I. expert Gary Bradski’s 2013 statement that “a new species, Robo sapiens, [is] emerging.” Designed to carry out missions like search and rescue — and far, far more — the bipedal robot has remained on the front line of cutting edge robotics since its unveiling. Here are 7 of its most notable milestones. Standing 6-foot-2-inches and tipping the scale at 330 pounds, the first-gen Atlas makes its public debut in mid-2013. Although Boston Dynamics is the name most associated with Atlas, it’s not the only group which is part of its creation. It’s a collaboration between DARPA and multiple tech companies, which also includes Sandia National Laboratories and iRobot, the maker of the infamous Roomba vacuum line. Boston’s work on Atlas is modeled on its previous PETMAN humanoid robot, along with its BigDog research. In an early showcase of Atlas’ impressive agility, Boston Dynamics uploads a video showing the robot balancing on one leg, jogging over rocks, and being hit with projectiles. If it had a beer in its hand, we’d write this one off as fraternity hazing! Boston Dynamics debuts a new, smaller version of Atlas. Now standing at just 5-foot-9-inches, a head shorter than the original models, it is designed to be able to operate both indoors and outdoors, across a range of terrain — including snow. How do you recover from accusations that you’re a little bit clumsy? Simple: You pull off a flawless gymnastics routine that ends with you performing a picture-perfect backflip. At least, that’s the approach that Boston Dynamics takes with Atlas after its embarrassing stage-tripping demo. Seeing a 5-foot-9-inch robot perform this feat underlines just how far it has come, while showcasing its amazing agility, balance, and control. Faith in Atlas: restored. Giant aerial somersaults are pretty stonking impressive, but unless your Michelle Pfeiffer’s Catwoman very few people use backflipping as their primary form of locomotion. That’s why the recent video of Atlas jogging is so impressive. While slightly less Olympics-worthy, it’s a demonstration of a complex ability that would be far more important for a real world bipedal robot to master. Source: www.digitaltrends.com Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQni8Uz3Q0I AQ 33/ JUNE 2018
Pillo Healthcare Assistant
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Source: www.forbes.com The companion robot market will be an estimated $34.1 billion by 2022 according to a 2017 research report by P&S Market Research. The same report noted that global aging population has driven personal robots markets in developed regions. With a growing emphasis on personalized healthcare and better engagement with consumers through technology including customer healthcare apps and augmented reality, virtual reality and artificial intelligence (AI) to deliver more effective and cost-efficient digital therapeutics, a healthcare companion robot could become another tool in the intelligent healthcare market. Pillo Health and Orbita are working on an in-home companion robot that combines artificial intelligence with voice technology expected to ship in Q4 2018. Both companies are early-stage startups. Pillo, a health tech startup in Boston, has raised around $4 million for their in-home digital care management platform that addresses personalized care for adults with chronic conditions. Investors include Stanley Ventures (the venture arm of Stanley Black & Decker), Bioadvance, Hikma Ventures (the venture arm of Hikma Pharmaceuticals) and Thompson Family Foundation. Orbita creates voice-first experiences for platforms and devices has a round of seed funding from private investors. The Pillo robot was created to use AI algorithms that proactively engage with patients, improve therapy adherence and deliver personalized care for adults living with chronic conditions. The company says it hopes that Pillo will serve as a 24 x 7 in-home extension of the care team to accompany a patient at every point on their care journey. “In-home digital care assistants like Pillo will never replace human interaction or the human touch, but they will go far to reduce many of the inefficiencies associated with healthcare today,” said Emanuele Musini, CEO, Pillo Health. “Ultimately, this translates into lowering costs while improving outcomes.” Musini believes that voice-first technologies and AI-driven conversational experiences will take this value proposition to a whole new level. Source: forbes.com Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffSOnGu8JXk
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Portable Robot and 3D Print House
Source : dezeen.com Engineering firm Arup and architecture studio CLS Architetti have used a portable robot to 3D print a concrete house, which is on show for Milan design week. Printed onsite on Milan’s Piazza Cesare Beccaria, the 100-square-metre house was formed over the course of a week. Made up of 35 modules, the house features curved walls, a living area, bedroom, kitchen and bathroom. The walls were was built by a robot designed by Cybe Construction, a 3D printing company from Netherlands, using a special mix of concrete and additives developed by Italcementi, one of the world’s largest cement suppliers. The roof, windows and doors were added afterwards. The concrete mix is squeezed through the robot’s nozzle like toothpaste from a tube, and each section of wall is built from the ground-up in layers. Arup stated that the full house was printed in just 48 hours effective time. “Each section of wall takes around an hour to build and the concrete cures in five minutes,” CLS Architetti told Dezeen. “There are possibilities to programme the robot to make them larger or smaller or maybe even different shapes. You can also print furniture.” The printed house is a prototype but the firm are working to develop it. CLS Architetti believes that the technology could be used to create housing quickly and cost-effectively where it is needed the most. At the end of Milan design week, the house will be transported to Italcementi’s headquarters to be displayed. Each of the modules will be lifted and transported separately, then reassembled on site. Arup said that the 3D printing method reduces construction waste by increasing efficiencies during the building process and allows materials to be reused at the end of the building’s life, rather than ending up as landfill. “We need to make a major shift in the way the construction industry operates, away from today’s ‘make, use, dispose mentality,” said Guglielmo Carra, Europe materials consulting lead at Arup. “We’ve shown with this building that 3D printing technology is now advanced enough to take on more complex structures, and design buildings to be repurposed or reused at the end of their life,” he continued. “This technology is critical to helping our industry become far more accurate, efficient and less wasteful.” The rise of 3D printing over the past decade led to numerous architects and designers trying to become the first to build a 3D-printed house. Others have been completed in China and Russia, plus a micro home has been 3D printed in Amsterdam. Source: dezeen.com AQ 33/ JUNE 2018
Valkyrie Robot to Mars
Source : techcrunch.com NASA’s Valkyrie (R5) robot will never slip the surly bonds of Earth. The humanoid space robot is destined to spend the rest of its days on terra firma with the rest of us. But like Robonaut before it, the six-foot, 290-pound piece of machinery represents a link to the future. She’s a first step toward a goal of human colonization of Mars and beyond, a wonderful dream for a robot currently tethered to the ceiling of a warehouse in snowy Lowell, Massachusetts, an hour’s drive outside of Boston. The Lowell model is one of four units produced by NASA . The space agency held onto one robot for its own purposes and awarded two as research loans to Northeastern University and nearby MIT, while a fourth was acquired by Scotland’s University of Edinburgh. Northeastern acquired the $2 million robot in 2015, when Electrical & Computer Engineering Professor Taskin Padir penned a proposal outlining a plan to help NASA test the hardware for its Space Robotics Challenge, an open competition designed to help prep Valkryie’s successors prepare for the important task of setting up hostile Martian terrain for human settlement. “They’ve done all of the hardware and we’re developing these high-level capabilities so Valkyrie does more than just move limbs,” says Northeastern PhD student, Murphy Wonsick. “She can autonomously make decisions, move around and accomplish tasks.” All told, it’s a pretty ideal arrangement for all parties involved. Northeastern and MIT get access to $2 million state of the art space robots and NASA gets to outsource research for the platform to eager robotics and engineering students. Northeastern relocated its model to the NERVE (New England Robotics Validation and Experimentation) Center, a large warehouse space operated by UMass Lowell that houses large obstacle courses designed to put test robots and drones through their paces. It’s an ideal environment for testing Valkyrie’s on-board vision systems and bipedal locomotion, setting up cramped and difficult-to-navigate surfaces to mimic the capsule and space walks some future generation robot will hopefully encounter one day. For now, Valkyrie is attached to the warehouse scaffolding — not because the robot is incapable of standing on its own, but rather because the robot’s price tag prohibits the team from taking any unnecessary risks. Source: techcrunch.com Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=onrSEUyIubM AQ 33/ JUNE 2018
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Humanoid Robot Sophia
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Saudi Arabia has announced that it is giving citizenship to a robot, making it the first country in history to do so. The robot — named ‘Sophia’ — was named as a speaker at the future investment initiative, a platform for debate on both current and long-term global investment trends. Sophia can animate a full range of facial expressions, and is able to track and recognize faces, look people in the eye, and hold natural conversations. Created by Hanson Robotics, Sophia the robot made her debut at the south by Southwest show in March 2016 and since then has become somewhat of a media personality — having spoken at the United Nations and appeared on the Jimmy Fallon Show. She even has her own website. Now, Saudi Arabia has recognized Sophia’s status and made her a citizen of the Middle Eastern country. ‘I am very honored and proud for this unique distinction,’ Sophia said in an interview with moderator Sndrew Ross Sorkin. ‘This is historical to be the first robot in the world to be recognized with a citizenship.’ Speaking at the 2017 future investment initiative in Riyadh, Sophia demonstrated her quick wit, when questioned about the threat of artificial intelligence. ‘You’ve been reading too much Elon Musk and watching too many Hollywood movies,’ retorted the robot. ‘Don’t worry, if you’re nice to me, I’ll be nice to you. Treat me as a smart input output system.’ Elon musk shot back replying on twitter: ‘just feed it the godfather movies as input. what’s the worst that could happen?’. Source: designboom.com Link Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=17&v=S5t6K9iwcdw AQ 33/ JUNE 2018
Stay at The hotel Runs by Robots
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A new hotel in Japan is ditching flesh and blood for a staff of robots - and the receptionist is a robotic dinosaur. A dinosaur receptionist is one of the robots that will make up the majority of staff at a new hotel opening in Japan. Nagasaki’s Henn na Hotel, which translates as strange or weird hotel, has already opened for previews ahead of its official opening tomorrow, and is the first of its kind by using service robots. Service robots have been put in place at reception, including a dinosaur, and as porters, to look after the lockers and to clean rooms. Other pioneering technological features include the option for guests to have a keyless stay as they can choose to use facial recognition instead. The technology was introduced in a bid to make Strange Hotel a low-cost option. Rooms start at 7,000 yen (£35) per night, which is pretty reasonable in Japan. A Strange Hotel spokesman said: “We have created an entirely new hotel that will be the first of its kind in the world, utilising advanced technology with robots as the main staff. We pursued ‘ultimate productivity’ to provide comfort and fun. “However, with advanced technology evolving every day, there is plenty possibility of more new technology being born in the few years to come. “In utilising advanced technology, we considered the state of constantly changing as a natural state, and set the concept of ‘an ever-changing hotel’.” The hotel creator’s philosophy is to be committed to evolution. Source: home.bt.com AQ 33/ JUNE 2018
Kuri The Home Robot
Source: techcrunch.com Kuri, the home robot that wants to be more companion and less Roomba, has begun shipping out to customers. Kuri creator Mayfield Robotics, a Bosch-owned startup, revealed that its initial shipments have gone out via FedEx – which means it technically met its goal of beginning to ship the photogenic little friend bots prior to the end of 2017, if only just. Kuri was originally unveiled almost a year ago at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and it’s been steadily getting smarter and closer to production-ready status since then, with regular updates from the roboticists at Mayfield, who wanted to create a domestic robot that wasn’t just functional, but that would be welcomed in as a virtual member of the family. The little robot features touch sensors, expressive eyes with a built-in camera and live-streaming capabilities, the ability to communicate via onboard speakers, microphones and gestural motion actuators, obstacle avoidance smarts and wheels that can handle room crossing from one room into another, as well as multiple types of floors and carpets. Kuri’s designed to autonomously navigate the house, learn over time, automatically capture special moments, play back music, audiobooks and podcasts, and generally be a pal around the house. It’s a novel and daring approach to bringing robotics into the domestic sphere – especially given its $700 price tag. Mayfield seems to be enjoying healthy interest, however; the queue is currently set to deliver sometime next spring for reservations made today. Source: techcrunch.com Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gvle_O4vD18
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Walmart Shelf-Scanning Robot
Source: theverge.com Robots are already a common sight in warehouses (Amazon alone use more than 45,000) but now they’re moving into stores too. Walmart has announced it’s deploying shelf-scanning bots in 50 locations around the US, using the machines to check things like inventory, prices, and misplaced items. The retailing giant says the robots’ introduction won’t lead to job losses, and that the company wants to save employees from carrying out tasks that are “repeatable, predictable, and manual.” The robots themselves are produced by California-based Bossa Nova Robotics, and are about two-feet tall with an extendable tower containing lights and sensors for scanning shelves. They sit in recharging stations in the store until a human employee gives them a “mission” — e.g. checking a particular aisle to see what needs re-stocking. The robots are supposed to save workers’ time, but Walmart says it will also use the data they collect to improve efficiency nationwide. “If you think about trying to go through a facility with all these different [items] and figure out if your prices are accurate, it can be very time-consuming,” John Crecelius, Walmart’s vice president of central operations, told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. “From our perspective, when you’re doing things like this you’re trying to improve your service to your customers and trying to make things simpler and easier for your associates at the same time.” Demonstrating the robots’ usefulness is simple enough, but Walmart’s claim that their deployment won’t lead to job losses is harder to prove. Just because you don’t fire a human the moment you buy a robot, doesn’t mean you won’t hire fewer humans further down the line. And although economists and other forecasters disagree about whether the current wave of automation is going to lead to widespread job losses, at least some studies show that when you get more (industrial) robots in any geographic area, you get fewer jobs and lower wages. Whether or not the same holds true of shelf-scanning bots will no doubt be the subject of future studies. Source: www.theverge.com
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Barista Robot
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Japan has a new robot cafe where customers can enjoy coffee brewed and served by a robot barista. The robot named Sawyer debuted this week at Henna Cafe in Tokyo’s downtown business and shopping district of Shibuya. The shop’s name in Japanese means “strange cafe.” The single-armed robot scans a ticket purchased from a vending machine and greets the customer. “Would you care for a delicious coffee?” the barista, with a screen showing a pair of cartoon eyes, asks in a flat tone. “I can make one better than human beings around here.” It grinds the coffee beans, fills a filter and pours hot water over a paper cup for up to five people at once. A cup of brewed coffee costs 320 yen ($3) and takes a few minutes. Sawyer can also operate an automated machine for six other hot drinks including cappuccino, hot chocolate and green tea latte. Customers, many of them young men, took photos with their smartphones while they waited in line. The cafe operator, travel agency H.I.S. Co., says robots can increase productivity while also entertaining customers. “An essential point is to increase productivity,” said Masataka Tamaki, general manager of corporate planning at H.I.S. He said only one person needs to oversee the robot cafe, compared to several people needed at a regular coffee shop, so it can serve better quality coffee at a reasonable price. Tamaki says it’s not just about efficiency. “We want the robot to entertain customers so it’s not like buying coffee at a vending machine,” he said. Takeshi Yamamoto, a 68-year-old restaurant employee who works in the neighborhood, said his first experience with the robot cafe was very enjoyable, and his robot-made coffee was delicious. “It’s quite rich, and tastes very good,” Yamamoto said, as he took a sip. “You can get machine-made coffee at convenience stores, too, and it’s actually good. But here, I had great fun.” Source: www.popularmechanics.com AQ 33/ JUNE 2018
Spotmini Robot
Source: dezeen.com The four-legged Boston Dynamics robot that became an internet star when it featured in a series of viral videos is set to go on sale next year. US-based robotics company Boston Dynamics announced the semi-autonomous SpotMini is scheduled to go into production in mid-2019. The robot caused a stir online earlier this year when videos showed it navigating offices, climbing stairs, opening doors and even fighting off a human armed with a hockey stick. Boston Dynamics founder Marc Raibert announced the robot’s production date at TechCrunch Sessions: Robotics conference in California last week, saying the SpotMini would be suited to office environments. “SpotMini is in preproduction now... We have a plan later this year to build a hundred with contract manufacturers, and that’s the prelude to getting them into a higher rate production, which we hope to start about the middle of next year.” Boston Dynamics is currently developing a number of apps for the SpotMini that would enable it to be used for surveillance or construction. The company will also invite third parties to develop their own applications. The 30-kilogram robot, a smaller version of the earlier Spot model, can pick up and carry a payload of up to 14 kilograms in its optional arm attachment. SpotMini can be operated with a controller or can move autonomously through environments it has mapped with its suite of cameras and sensors. The SpotMini’s characteristic quadrupedal march has repeatedly caused a sensation on Twitter, where it has been compared to the killer robot dog from the dystopian TV show Black Mirror. The programme’s creator Charlie Brooker has said he was inspired by Boston Dynamics’ inventions. Raibert said Boston Dynamics, which is known for its cutting-edge research and development, had been considering branching into commercial robots since its acquisition by Google X in 2013. The company is now wholly owned by Japanese conglomerate the SoftBank Group. “We’re trying to maintain our R&D focus while we develop a very applied product focus,” he said. Security robots are already operational in some workplaces, although their presence isn’t always welcomed by the human communities around them. Last year, a Knightscope K5 security robot tasked with warding off homeless people from a San Francisco building was knocked over and smeared with excrement by an angry member of the public. In construction the use of robotics has been less controversial, with a robot-made modular house currently under construction by researchers at ETH Zurich university. Source: dezeen.com AQ 33/ JUNE 2018
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2018 Ramadhan Iftar - Celebrating Togetherness
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Minahasa Hot Spring Village
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: Tempang, Minahasa, North Sulawesi : 100% Schematic Design : Paul T. Tan, Lois Martin Gumelar : Coopers Hill : Indesign Domus
Orchard View Apartment Batam
Location : Batam, Riau Islands Status : 100% Concept Design Concept Design Architects : Agung Podomoro Land Planning Division Architects Team : Devy Anggraeny, Adhitia Panduwinata & Ari D. AQ 33/ JUNE 2018
Vimala View
Location : Ciawi, Bogor, West Java Status : 100% Design Development Concept Design Architects : WATG Singapore Architects Team : Devy Anggraeny, Adhitia Panduwinata
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