Tag: homes
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The Profit Potential of Auction Homes: A Comprehensive Guide for Real Estate Investors
Auction homes can be a treasure trove of investment opportunities for real estate investors. These properties are often sold at auctions, providing a chance to acquire properties at potentially discounted prices. However, navigating the auction process requires knowledge, preparation, and strategic planning. This comprehensive guide aims to equip real estate investors with the necessary tools…
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Mattamy Homes to add new routes to Beep autonomous shuttle network at 8,300-acre, master-planned residential development
Mattamy Homes, one of the largest privately owned homebuilders in North America, and Beep, an autonomous mobility solutions provider, say they are continuing their “commitment to smart and sustainable growth through advanced autonomous services connecting current and future key destinations” within Tradition, a master-planned community with more than 2,500 homes built on 8,300 acres of…
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Bear Robotics unveils new service robot for hospitality industry
Bear Robotics is launching Servi, which it describes as “an innovative new robot set to revolutionise the food service industry”. Servi is designed to help hospitality and care home businesses, assisting staff by utilizing AI and autonomous robot technology to serve drinks and food and clear tables. This, in turn, allows waiting staff and care…
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8 Best Neighborhoods in Franklin, Tennessee: Where to Live in Franklin
Located just south of Nashville, Franklin, Tennessee, has some of the best neighborhoods. The town, with a population of about 85,000, has maintained a close-knit atmosphere. From the rolling hills of Legends Ridge to the hustle and bustle of Downtown Franklin, anyone considering moving to Franklin will find a neighborhood they’ll love. Franklin real estate…
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Toyota Research Institute reaches ‘new technical milestones in robotics’
Toyota Research Institute (TRI) says it has reached “new technical milestones in robotics”. The company has unveiled new robotics capabilities aimed at solving complex tasks in home environments. Specifically, TRI roboticists were able to train robots to understand and operate in complicated situations that confuse most other robots, including recognizing and responding to transparent and…
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Mighty Buildings aims to automate 80 percent of construction process
Mighty Buildings, a startup providing automated solutions for modern home building, has launched out of stealth after graduating from Y Combinator in winter 2018 and raising a total of $30 million from Khosla Ventures, Y Combinator, SV Angel, CoreVC, and others. The company says it uses a combination of 3D printing and prefabrication techniques to…
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Nuro puts its delivery robot into action against coronavirus
Nuro, a California-based startup building small, wheeled autonomous delivery robots, is using its technology in the fight against the coronavirus outbreak in the US. (See video below.) America now has the highest death toll in the world from Covid-19 and authorities have set up many temporarily hospitals and treatment centres across the country. One of…
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S2A Modular takes its ‘self-sustaining’ home construction offering global
S2A Modular, which claims to offer the first electrically self-sustaining, custom and smart-connected luxury residence, the GreenLuxHome, has established a first-ever “turnkey licensing program” of its kind, allowing qualified partners to build GreenLux residential and commercial buildings anywhere across North America and the world. Through this unique licensing program, licensees will be able to create…
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Toyota demonstrates ‘human service robot’ of a type that may take over a lot of homes
Toyota has been demonstrating what it calls its “Human Support Robot”, a type of robot which looks likely to take over millions of homes all over the world in the next few years. The market for this type of so-called personal assistance robot is forecast to grow very quickly over the next few years because…
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Robots not yet ready to enter smart homes, says expert
TechTalk – Smart Homes: Interview with Matt Davis, of SCM World, about smart homes and intelligent buildings of the future. Courtesy of Currys PC World The phrase “bricks and mortar” is till used to conjure up images of buildings, residential or commercial. Usually, the phrase differentiates between something virtual or exists only in computers, say a website for a…