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company claims “She’s the
whole package: your very
own personal assistant,
photographer, storyteller,
telepresence
device
& the smartest home
automation
system.”
Sounds good to me, and
if the promotional videos
are to be believed she will
be effective to the point of
being a nagging nuisance!
But despite this, the
company is dedicated to
the development of such
devices and has gone to
painstaking measures to
find the best componentry
available in the market
today. If you fancy yourself
as a tech genius and
would like to be part of the
development process, the
company offers a research
version called Deep Bot
for US$999. Though it
looks like something an
alien race would use in a
death squad, Deep Bot is
creating an open source
opportunity for anyone
willing to contribute
to the evolution of this
technology.
While I think many of
the features of Maya
are already done well by
people, I think the concept
is pretty darn clever! The
discussion and research
it will foster, will make
a huge contribution to
how we can develop the
technology to aid us in
our daily lives. Who knows,
with further development
of these devices, we
might even be able to
program Maya to match
the owner’s preference of
assistance like aiding the
disabled and the elderly.
JULY 2016
Future Cities & Robotics
21