Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.33
…machine operates outdoors in an unpredictable environment, like autonomous mowers or tractors in the field, or where there’s a need to test potentially dangerous robots or vehicles during the development phase without putting their team members at risk.” “We also see situations where safe communications allow machines to operate faster—or even operate at all—when a human is in proximity, which drives machine ROI [return on investment] tremendously,” he said. Autonomy also raises a philosophical question, Reeves said. “Does society ever want smart machines to be out of the reach of a human operator, even if the machines are so smart…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.46
…as provide automatic control of trailed implements like plows, mowers, harrows, and sprayers. In addition, Cognitive Agro Pilot will include automated video analysis and control functions for rock mapping and assessing vegegation and damage to plants from diseases or pests. Finally, the tractor will be equipped with side-view sensors to monitor lateral areas on the move. The third phase of the project envisages a fully self-driving tractor control mode without the need for human involvement. It includes group autonomous operation with a “leader,” the movement of a group of self-driving tractors on non-public roads, and the movement of a robo-tractor…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.44
…and then we said, “We don't have a lawn mower.” We came out with 15066 to give some more information, and we still have more to do about it. But I will say in putting forth the concept and trying to frame safety around it, all of a sudden, a lot of development work by robotics manufacturers and integrators occurred. The reality is, to build safety into any given sort of machine, it costs money. If a robot manufacturer has a notion that there is no market for it, why spend money on development? Let's be realistic. We don't have…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.52
…Current examples include iRobot’s Roomba, Husqvarna’s Automower robot lawn mower and Maytronics Dolphin Nautilus CC Plus robotic pool cleaner. Smart home technology developers, however, have grander plans, in which they foresee robots growing in complexity and value. They anticipate that these machines will eventually assume such household tasks as cooking and serving meals. Social robots, on the other hand, will be the soul of home systems, providing owners with some level of empathetic interaction (Fig. 3). Fig. 3: Intuition Robotics’ ElliQ robot aims to provide older adults living alone with social companionship via multimodal interaction. This bot intuitively engages users,…