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Over the past one hundred and twenty-five days a British firm Starship Technologies, a robotics manufacturer, tested its new brainchild – unique electric courier, which will begin in March this year drive through the borough streets of the English capital of Greenwich, delivering Londoners their parcels and valuable goods.
The authors of the development were Janus Friis and Ahti Hein, who, to In a word, they are one of the creators of the popular Skype program. Experts are convinced that their robotic courier will demanded primarily in small business. Device may become indispensable for delivering parcels of up to nine to customers kilograms. The robot has a cargo compartment, the volume of which equivalent to about two grocery bags.
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Equipped with six wheels, the machine has a small height and reaches an adult to the knees, but has a long antenna for communication with the call center. Moving around sidewalk, an electric courier can reach speeds of up to three kilometers per hour. Using satellite connection navigation, it operates autonomously, but in case of occurrence in any unforeseen situation, the robot takes control operator.
Testing showed that within Greenwich such a device delivers goods in just five to thirty minutes. A robot besides everything It also has a system of protection against intruders. His freight the compartment closes securely before arriving at the recipient. If somebody wants to damage an electric courier or take possession of a stranger package, the device instantly alerts the operator and will take the actions of the offender on camera.
According to Starship Technologies executives, trials so far far from complete. First you need to release such machines on the streets of fourteen British cities and for a long time to watch their work. Until the end of this year, the authors developments plan to make robots ninety-eight percent autonomous. In total, a hundred will appear in the United Kingdom such couriers.
The project cost is twenty five million euros.
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