Hoping to capitalise on a surge in demand for home deliveries, a Singapore technology company has deployed a pair of robots to bring residents their groceries in one part of the city state.
Developed by OTSAW Digital and both named "Camello", the robots' services have been offered to 700 households in a one-year trial. Partners included First Energy at one end and major supermarket chain Freeman's from the other.
To the recipient household at 9am, came CameLLO — a lift-equipped robot with a television screen and a variety of standard household items including a cupboard and even a coffee machine.
At 9.10am, CameLLO would turn on the coffee machine and in the second 20 minutes of the day deliver 80kg of fresh food and toiletries — with a majority of it served to the children's room, letting them conveniently prepare it.
On Saturday, rumours started to circulate online regarding delivery services from other Singapore-based robotics companies — Godop and Groin.
However, Kris Bayh, head of IT at OTSAW Digital, said home delivery to people's homes were not a new concept.
They, therefore, are already 10-15 years ahead of the robots of today that deliver to corporate offices and events on the internet, Bayh added. Plus, the robots were not previously designed to, and often fail to, achieve the results that comes from human interaction and teamwork — which came as a surprise to Godop on several occasions.
And, while such delivery by a robot, e-commerce company Groin, has its organization in Singapore, Godop said it does not have any services in the country.
"There's quite some hype around the things in the US involving robotics and the more industrial-front of it," said Bayh.
RC0032199177 covered the robot — an algorithm-controlled internal carrying machine. It is artificial intelligence and built on RFID technology, by Technilogicotec, that has in turn endowed computer vision software, predictive robots and self-motivated modifiers.
"We're just playing with different platforms, different robots and reading through the previous experience of what's happening in the platform space," Bayh noted. "None of them really translating themselves on their clusters very well."
The automation is being used through augmented reality to help applicants guide the robot in terms of the positions to care for the requests of occupants, and the products to serve them. The automated space includes a collected database of 120,000 utility user IDs as well as details on the individuals' interests, as further guidance.
CameLLO is now on its way to other Singapore locations, including its neighboring city of Punggol, and adjacent areas including Ton Eng Ko and Chee Meng Square. It reached its
Developed by OTSAW Digital and both named "Camello", the robots' services have been offered to 700 households in a one-year trial. Partners included First Energy at one end and major supermarket chain Freeman's from the other.
To the recipient household at 9am, came CameLLO — a lift-equipped robot with a television screen and a variety of standard household items including a cupboard and even a coffee machine.
At 9.10am, CameLLO would turn on the coffee machine and in the second 20 minutes of the day deliver 80kg of fresh food and toiletries — with a majority of it served to the children's room, letting them conveniently prepare it.
On Saturday, rumours started to circulate online regarding delivery services from other Singapore-based robotics companies — Godop and Groin.
However, Kris Bayh, head of IT at OTSAW Digital, said home delivery to people's homes were not a new concept.
They, therefore, are already 10-15 years ahead of the robots of today that deliver to corporate offices and events on the internet, Bayh added. Plus, the robots were not previously designed to, and often fail to, achieve the results that comes from human interaction and teamwork — which came as a surprise to Godop on several occasions.
And, while such delivery by a robot, e-commerce company Groin, has its organization in Singapore, Godop said it does not have any services in the country.
"There's quite some hype around the things in the US involving robotics and the more industrial-front of it," said Bayh.
RC0032199177 covered the robot — an algorithm-controlled internal carrying machine. It is artificial intelligence and built on RFID technology, by Technilogicotec, that has in turn endowed computer vision software, predictive robots and self-motivated modifiers.
"We're just playing with different platforms, different robots and reading through the previous experience of what's happening in the platform space," Bayh noted. "None of them really translating themselves on their clusters very well."
The automation is being used through augmented reality to help applicants guide the robot in terms of the positions to care for the requests of occupants, and the products to serve them. The automated space includes a collected database of 120,000 utility user IDs as well as details on the individuals' interests, as further guidance.
CameLLO is now on its way to other Singapore locations, including its neighboring city of Punggol, and adjacent areas including Ton Eng Ko and Chee Meng Square. It reached its
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