CreamFilledLlama t1_ja6abei wrote on February 27, 2023 at 3:50 AM

Reply to comment by the_real_harold_holt in US 'develops' AI-powered facial recognition tech for military robot drones - The drones are to be tasked with expeditionary roles, including special operations, to "open the opportunity for real-time autonomous response by the robot." by Gari_305

Saves me so much time applying makeup in the morning. Go out bare faced, BAM, face-seeking missile has made me up all pretty like.

CreamFilledLlama t1_j3k6qt3 wrote on January 9, 2023 at 3:11 AM

Reply to comment by jfcarr in Drones Are Already Delivering Pizza, If You Haven't Noticed by the_remainder_17

I can only imagine how thrilled someone will be once their house becomes a major fly over route. Airspace rules only work now because it is infrequent with exceptions around airports.

CreamFilledLlama t1_j0lxtaa wrote on December 17, 2022 at 5:49 PM

Reply to comment by Zee2A in World’s first net-zero transatlantic flight: Fly London to New York on used cooking oil. Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines will power the airline's flagship Boeing 787s as they fly from London to New York in 2023. by Zee2A

> it will be the first passenger flight in the history of commercial aviation that uses only sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

Ah, was looking for this. There is already regular freighter service using it. The biggest issue right now is that supply of the fuel is very small.

CreamFilledLlama t1_iuo1vki wrote on November 1, 2022 at 7:53 PM

Reply to comment by Scope_Dog in BMW & Its Robots Are Going To Take Your Forklift Cert Away. Good Luck Having A Date Again, Ever. by Gari_305

You're welcome. I did a bit of work looking into automation in warehouses back then and while we are on the cusp we aren't entirely there for everything. (Quite a few situations do ROI out now and it will only get better.) My notes on these guys was that if you are still looking to ROI out on your existing fleet of MHE in a standard warehouse space it's not a bad option. If you are planning automation from the start though there are better options.

CreamFilledLlama t1_iun8k2f wrote on November 1, 2022 at 4:48 PM

Reply to BMW & Its Robots Are Going To Take Your Forklift Cert Away. Good Luck Having A Date Again, Ever. by Gari_305

Yeah..., these guys are nowhere close to the first. The person who wrote this press release was either wilfully ignorant of the industry or the company didn't do any market research. Automated forklifts have been around for a long time to various degrees in the industry. There have been quite a few startups looking to make them much better and able to work alongside humans for at least the last decade. (I've tested out some of these systems.)

Ah, and look here an actual implemented solution from 2 years ago vs something that Im sure works well in a lab: https://youtu.be/sU4Gj92tpU4

Edit: Oh, I actually visited these guys in Austin for a demo 4 years ago or so. (If not these guys then someone in Austin selling the exact same thing of retrofitting existing lifts.) Not bad technology and pretty flexible.