科技新知_Delivery Robotics_Shiang-Wei Hsieh
Delivery Robot
•The
robots are European, created in Estonia by a company
called Starship
Technologies.
•Each
35-pound bot is a medium-sized
cooler on six wheels,
and drives at an average speed of about 5 miles
per hour.
•Integrated
navigation
and obstacle
•Curbs
and
bumps on the road are no problem, and they
robot can apparently make it up and
down some sets of
stairs.
•It
can carry the equivalent of two grocery bags
(around 10 kilograms) up to 5 kilometers from a local
hub or retail outlet.
real time through a mobile
app and on arrival only the
app holder is able to unlock the cargo.
Cargo Robot (Gita)
•A new
robot introduced by Piaggio Fast
Forward
(herein abbreviated “PFF”)
•A pleasingly
roundish robot called Gita (“gee-tah”)
that will follow you around, carrying 19 kilograms of
tools, groceries, or
whatever you want.
•Most people
who eat food, but Carrying
a gallon
of milk a mile in a bag is super annoying, and what
about the rest of
your groceries?
•The
robot hauls everything, and you can
walk, or
jog, or bike home.
•Visual
SLAM
(simultaneous localization
and mapping)
•Gita navigates
by using stereo cameras to
generate point-cloud maps.
•Different
Gitas can
all share point-cloud
data with each other.
Conclusion
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Delivery Robot
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Gita
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Carrying
capacity
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less
than 20 kilograms
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19
kilograms
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Moving
speed
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up
to 35 kilometers per hour
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5
kilometers per hour
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navigation
system
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like
Google’s autonomous cars do
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visual
SLAM
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