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MEET
THE REAL
JARVIS
FROM
IRON MAN
Autonomous, a company
based in the United
States will be offering
us, mere mortals, the
opportunity to purchase
Maya, a Personal Robot
for US$1499 come the
middle of 2016. Maya’s
Kickstarter
program
had 274 backers pledge
$161,537.00 to get the
project off the ground and
it seems the first of 300
of these Robotic Personal
assistants will be born very
soon.
Some cynics have ridiculed
the concept, and sure,
the design may look like
the unplanned progeny
of a Tennis racquet, iPad
and Robo Vac after a
swinger’s party. But the
problems that was solved
and the engineering
effort that has gone into
the making of Maya is
simply breathtaking!! The
Photo by: Cloud Front
20
JULY 2016
Future Cities & Robotics