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Building Self-Driving Delivery Robots Kristjan Korjus Head of Computer Vision and Perception [email protected] @kristjankorjus
Building Self-Driving Delivery Robots
Kristjan KorjusHead of Computer Vision and Perception
[email protected]@kristjankorjus
19th century: nearly free transport of energy (electricity in households)
20th century: nearly free transport of information (phone, radio and internet in households)
21st century: nearly free transport of things (self-driving machines)
THE LAST MILE PROBLEM
OUR MISSION
TO BUILD THE WORLD’S MOST EFFICIENTLOCAL ON-DEMAND DELIVERY SERVICE
HOW DELIVERY ROBOTS WILL TRANSFORM CITIES
Reduced Congestion
Reduced Pollution
Zero Emissions
Increase In Quality Of Life
Assisting Senior Citizens
Affordable For Local Businesses
Started by Skype
co-founders
Operations in the Bay Area,
Washington D.C., Arkansas, London, Hamburg, Zürich;
R&D in Estonia
200+ employees Commercial service and
pilots with 10+ partners and 100+ robots
Leader of the emerging industry of ground-based delivery robots
OUR JOURNEY SO FAR
Takeaway foodGroceries Package delivery
OUR MODEL
1-2 mile radius 30-45 minutes
Deliver to end users on behalf of business partners
Pay-as-you-go, per-delivery pricing
Autonomous sidewalk robots for neighborhoods. Convenient on-demand delivery.
DELIVERABLES RANGE
BUSINESS
WHAT IS THE DELIVERY ROBOT?
A personal delivery device that uses sidewalks
Speed max 6 km/h
9 cameras, 4 radars, 8 ultrasonic and many other sensors
Navigates with 2 cm precision
Computation on NVIDIA Jetson TK1
Monitored by human operators
Carries 10 kg (3 shopping bags)
Intelligent and safe
IT ALL STARTS WITH EXPERIMENTING AND HACKING
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ROBOVAN PROJECT WITH MERCEDES-BENZ
Building Self-Driving Delivery Robots
Kristjan KorjusHead of Computer Vision and Perception
[email protected]@kristjankorjus
