Tag: robot

  • Viodi View – 10/29/24

    Viodi View – 10/29/24

    At their best, communities make the individual better and provide true meaning. Breaking bread, sharing the sweat of a hard day’s work, and surmounting the challenges of imperfection are the things that connect humans.   Building a community is a challenge. Living in harmonious community is even more challenging. Of course, communities ebb and flow…

  • The Start of a Journey to Deliver the Last 50 Feet

    The Start of a Journey to Deliver the Last 50 Feet

    A journey of a thousand miles may begin with a single step, but the most difficult part of a package’s journey is the last 50 feet. It is between the delivery truck and a consumer’s residence that is difficult to automate. As seen in the interview above, Vault Robotics, a spinout from the Safe Robotics…

  • More Time for Lounging – Thanks to a Cordless Robotic Pool Cleaner #CES2023

    More Time for Lounging – Thanks to a Cordless Robotic Pool Cleaner #CES2023

    Summer is here and, for some of those fortunate enough to have a pool, it means the never-ending battle to keep it clean of bugs, dirt, and other foreign objects. Enter Aiper with its series of cordless, robotic underwater vacuums designed to keep the floors and sides of a pool clean with minimal human effort.…

  • Zoox – Slow and Steady Road to Autonomy – #CES2023

    Zoox – Slow and Steady Road to Autonomy – #CES2023

    The fable goes that the tortoise beat the hare in its race by its slow and steady pace. Slow and steady is the approach that Zoox is taking to achieve safe and sustainable autonomous mobility. In the above interview, filmed at CES2023, Paul Escobar, Senior Public Policy & Safety Strategy Manager for Zoox, describes how…

  • Extending the Shopkeeper’s Reach with an Unattended, All-Wheel Drive Robot #CES2023

    Extending the Shopkeeper’s Reach with an Unattended, All-Wheel Drive Robot #CES2023

    With the introduction of the Ottobot Yeti, Ottonomy is helping shopkeepers, grocery stores, and restaurateurs extend their business into their respective neighborhoods. These modular four-wheel drive electric robots allow for the delivery of goods in snowy and icy conditions that would make it difficult for even the most spry among us to navigate. This latest generation…

  • The Modern Day Carhop – #CES2022

    The Modern Day Carhop – #CES2022

    Is the solution to long-drive thru lines a robotic carhop?1 That is just one of the many potential use cases for Ottonomy’s delivery robots. Ottonomy CEO, Ritukar Vijay explains that the focus of their two-year-old company is the following segments: With their initial deployment, at the Cincinnati International Airport, they are able to avoid the…