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Amazon Unveils the Self-driven Robotaxi, Zoox that Drives on Public Roads in California with Employees on Board

Imagine a robotaxi with no pedals or steering wheels, and self-driven with capabilities such as changing directions without being manned by a driver. Amazon-owned Zoox is just about this and more. It is currently being tested for only the employees of the headquarters of Zoox’s Foster City, California. The driverless autonomous vehicle was acquired by Amazon in 2000 from a 9-year-old startup. The automated taxi in question is carrying passengers on board with its bidirectional driving function, with no need to reverse, and contains four-wheel steering.

Last week, the Zoox Company received approval for the tests from the California Department of Motor Vehicles. However, the permit is limited, and not possible for the robotaxi to drive on all the public roads in the state. The test drive is allowed only for shuttling employees between the two office buildings in the perimeter of the one-mile public route at the headquarter of the company in Foster City, California. The speed of the self-driven Zoox for this purpose is also permitted for up to 35 miles an hour.

Executives from Zoox have said that there are dozens of vehicles but the fleet size is less than 100. It also confirmed that over the weekend, the robotaxis completed a test run transporting the employees on board.  Zoox came out with the electric robotaxi, a custom-built and on-demand autonomous transportation facility for operations in urban settings, as early as 2020, after which it was acquired by Amazon. At that time, the company had revealed just a few details on how the company’s technology would improve the robotaxi for the future.

But Zoox executives have not commented on anything as to if the vehicle is open for testing beyond the limit set for the route and participating employees, and when it will launch the said commercial robotaxi for public service. However, Zoox shall undergo several more tests with employees self-driven between the two buildings of the headquarters and perhaps launch the shuttle service in spring for its staffers.

Any vehicles in California that participate in testing on public roads have to report at each moment when the system disengages or a human driver controls the autonomous system on driving because of software issues and safety concerns. But Zoox does not report such incidents to the state as it refers to the events as something where the vehicle requires guidance or support and is not disengaged to shift to a human driver.

Aicha Evans, the Zoox CEO said that if the self-driven vehicle needs help for a situation it does not know to handle or do something that is normally not allowed, the scenario, in this case, is called a ‘fusion center’. Here, the vehicle is monitored by trained guidance operators to assess the scene and provide guidance to Zoox robotaxi, and then permit it to do something as the taxi does all the driving while still in charge, or as alternative trajectory drop breadcrumbs, or pull over at the worst.

The Cruise which is GM’s driverless unit also has – Origin, its autonomous shuttle without manual control. Last year, Alphabet’s Waymo along with Cruise got approval for their driverless taxi services in the state of California and offer their services to passengers, who will get charged for the rides. Unlike Cruise, Amazon-owned robotaxi says Zoox vehicles – which have no manual control and steering wheels, meet the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards. Thus, the firm is not looking for waivers to put the vehicle on public roads for use.

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New futuristic hotel in China

New futuristic hotel in China is staffed with robots and uses facial recognition for guests to check in, use elevators and unlock doors to their rooms. https://www.businessinsider.com/r-at-alibabas-futuristic-ho…

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The Top Key Players include: Amazon Robotics, Fetch Robotics, KUKA, Starship Technologies, GreyOrange, Hi-tech Robotic Systemz Ltd, HITACHI, Zhejiang Libiao, Wuxi A-carrier.

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Students got the chance to see how cutting-edge technology is reshaping the robotics industry during a tour of Amazon Robotics, hosted by the Harvard College Engineering Society.⠀ #Harvard #HarvardSEAS #LifeatSEAS #students #engineering #robotics #industry #technology #AmazonRobotics #photofriday (at Amazon Robotics) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqPqMh8jNqZ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=19nsku01k7cyx

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March 20, 2018 at 11:52AM

Jeff Bezosが完全招待制のロボット・カンファレンスでAmazonロジスティクスの未来を模索？ http://ift.tt/2G4P8xY － 今日（米国時間3/19）から、Amazonが秘密秘密と大声で言っていた例年のMARS Conference（火星会議）がパームスプリングスで行われる。その意味は二つある: あなた（人間）は招待されていない。 これから数日間、Jeff Bezosが彼の最愛のロボットたちと歩き回っている写真が大量にメディアに配信される。 昨年、このロボットが大好きな億万長者は、重量1.5トンのメカスーツに搭乗して現れ、その恐ろしげな出で立ちでインターネットを騒がせた。そうやって自分をEllen Ripleyに擬した彼なら、地球上の全生命の終わりを告げる黙示録的未来の大氷河を破れるだろう。しかし今年の最初のショットはやや穏やかで、Bezosが“新しい愛犬”を散歩させている。それはBoston Dynamicsの最新の四脚ロボット、SpotMiniだ。 Jeff Bezos playing beer pong with a robot #mars2018 pic.twitter.com/K1DQzDNvuY — Cosima Gretton MD (@cosgretton) March 19, 2018 もちろんそのロボットは、Bezosに飼われるまでは、芝生の上で昼寝するしか、やることがなかった。しかしBezosとその仲間たちは、着実にAmazon Roboticsを立ち上げ、ロジスティクスの自動化のために買収するつもりだったが、Boston Dynamicsは今年初めに、GoogleからSoftbankへとオーナーを変えてしまった。 “That’s super cool”- @JeffBezos getting followed by a #gita at #MARS @P_F_F @AmazonRobotics pic.twitter.com/oNWUUiAMc5 — Sasha Hoffman (@sashaphoffman) March 19, 2018 しかしこの完全招待制のカンファレンスには、ほかにもたくさんのロボットが、億万長者の歓心を買うべく集まっている。Bezosは瓶投げゲームでロボットアームに挑戦し、さらに、配達ロボットPiaggio Gita2台が、BezosのSpotMiniやBezos自身を追う。おまけに、空にはドローンが飛んでいる。 もしもあなたが、Amazonの億万長者オーナーなら、あなたも、月曜日の朝の散歩を愛犬ならぬ愛ロボと一緒にしているはずだ。 [原文へ] （翻訳：iwatani(a.k.a. hiwa） from Gmail via IFTTT

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