DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist

 DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF

                                                                      

                 By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane

YOUR NEXT PET - GO2 ROBO-DOG 

                                                    Source:  Unitree Robotics

• Could this be your future pet? AI GPT large language model enabled robo-dog Go2 is empowered to talk & about as advanced in robo-pets as you can get
• Innovated by China-based Unitree Robotics
• Behaves just like your pet dog and better, including talking with you, greeting you when you come home, walking right beside you when outside and leaving no mistakes at home
• Here are some of the things this very smart and athletic next-G robot can do through its technologies:

1. Converse thru its AI GPT that works and writes code in real-time for fluid conversations
2. Follow you at speeds up to jogging levels
3. Take HD photos of you and surroundings & send it to your smartphone
4. Athletics like play, fetch, run, dance, handstands down & up stairs, big jumps, summersaults, even run with your real dog
5. Responds to commands like shake paws, climb stairs, play music, etc.
6. Navigates with Lidar creating 3D models and maps of nearby objects
7. Plays your favorite music with its built-in speakers
8. Range on charge is 1 to 2 hours

• Weighs 33 pounds and is 16" tall & 28" nose to tail
• This cutting edge tech-pet can be purchased starting at $1600.

NEW WALKING, FLYING, DRIVING ROBOT

                                                                Source:  Caltech

• Roboticists at Caltech have created what is undoubtedly the world's most mobile robot that flies, drives, walks and a lot more
• In fact, using its AI and tremendous flexibility, it reconfigures its body to achieve 8 distinct types of motion
• It's called M4 for Multi-Model Mobility Morphobot
• M4 can autonomously assess the environment that it's in and choose the most effective combination of motions in order to maneuver through it
• Here's what M4 can accomplish:

1. Rolls on 4 wheels
2. Converts its wheels into rotors and flies
3. Stands on 2-wheels to see over obstacles
4. Walks by using its wheels like feet
5. Uses 2 rotors and 2 wheels to roll up steep hills
6. Can tumble with dexterity and more
7. According to the Caltech team, M4 has many uses from transporting injured people to the hospital to exploring planets

• The team's primary goal with M4 is to push the boundaries of locomotion for robots and they certainly have.

WORLD'S FIRST ALL-ELECTRIC AIRLINE

                                                                        Source:  Ecojet

• One of Britain's wealthiest businessmen and Climate advocates Dale Vince has started a new business, Ecojet, which he calls the world's 1st all-electric airline
• By 2025, Ecojet will begin commercial passenger flights with a 19-seat aircraft and a 70-seat aircraft
• Planes will be retrofitted with hydrogen-electric powertrains for zero-emissions flights
• The eco-friendly, vegan business tycoon will start operations with flights from Southampton, UK to Edinburgh, Scotland
• He'll then ramp up the schedule to include Europe, the US and Asia
• Everything possible about Ecojet is environmentally correct including the plant-based food on board, no plastic utensils and staff in environmentally friendly uniforms
• Vince, who has invested more than one million British pound sterling ($1.3 million) in Ecojet and is pulling in investment capital, hopes it will be the start of an aviation revolution by making a zero-emissions airline operational for the first time.

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