Cloud Pinup: Fellow Robots -The Next Explosive Technology
February 20, 2015
Grazed from CloudTweaks. Author: Editorial Staff.
When you look around at the world of 2015, you’ll see many technologies that once belonged purely to science fiction: video phones, tiny handheld computers with incredible processing power, private space flights, and electric cars. There’s only one thing missing. Wasn’t the future supposed to bring us ubiquitous robots?
So far, the robotics industry has not lived up to the dreams of science fiction. That is, until now. As the prices for computing power and sensors drop, robots are starting to become more and more cost-effective. They are already hard at work in the manufacturing sector, but still we see very few robots in our day-to-day life…
Fellow Robots aims to change that fact. This startup, based in Silicon Valley, specializes in creating customer service robots for the retail industry, and their five-foot-tall OSHbot recently debuted at a Lowe’s store in San Jose. The robot, which costs only $50,000, is programmed to approach customers when they enter the store, answer questions, and lead the customer toward whatever item they request. The robot can even account for changes in inventory by accessing an internal database and doing continual scans of which items are on the shelves, and where…
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