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Electronics company Sharp has sent 36 tiny humanoid robots to a hotel in Osaka, Japan to help guests with various information requirements.
The Henn na Hotel Kansai Airport took delivery of the three dozen communication robots called “RoBoHoN”.
Each room has a seating type “RoBoHoN lite”, which provides information on hotel facilities and guest rooms. [Read more…] about Sharp sends 36 tiny humanoid robots to Japanese hotel to help guests
OnRobot, a manufacturer of end-of-arm tools for robots, has installed an Evoko Liso system to manage the meeting rooms in its headquarters.
Evoko, a Swedish manufacturer of meeting room management solutions, says its “sleek, centralised booking system” was chosen for its “smart design and ease-of-use that helps further enhance the modern look and feel of the OnRobot premises”.
Kenneth Koch, IT administrator at OnRobot, says: “When clients and new employees step into our new building and meeting rooms, the Liso’s never go unnoticed. [Read more…] about OnRobot installs Evoko Liso system to manage meeting rooms in its headquarters
lockWho doesn’t want a control room of their own? If you grew up watching the original Star Trek series, you still might warm to the idea of something similar to the bridge of the Starship Enterprise, which wouldn’t be bad at all.
But, sadly, things have moved on.
Star Trek may have been decades ahead of its time – demonstrating such technologies as tablet computers, flip-top mobile communicators, and of course a truly space-age command and control room – but reality has now almost caught up with the visions of the sci-fi show’s creators.
Today’s command and control rooms may still have some of the basic elements of what we saw on the Enterprise bridge, but they’re a lot more complex and sophisticated, although that’s not for an absolute certainty since we don’t have warp speed to deal with yet. [Read more…] about Command and control rooms: Navigating the internet of things
