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Gizmodo: MIT's AIDA Robot Is Going To Be The Ultimate Backseat Driver [Robots]
Gizmo Watch: MIT’s AIDA robot lets the driver know how he is driving
Engadget: MIT's Affective Intelligent Driving Agent is KITT and Clippy's lovechild (video)
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todo mundo merece um (uma) AIDA http://bit.ly/bWxSH 22 days ago |
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AIDA, the next gen (first gen?) driving companion http://bit.ly/40Rw6o #MIT #AIDA #robots 24 days ago |
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cool: a robot in your car to help you get around town better and faster. http://bit.ly/3EReuk 25 days ago |
MIT's AIDA Robot Is Going To Be The Ultimate Backseat Driver [Robots]
Gizmodo —
... and Assaf Biderman. The SENSEable City Lab team includes team leader Giusy di Lorenzo and includes Francisco Pereira, Fabio Pinelli, Pedro Correia, E Roon Kang, Jennifer Dunnam, and Shaocong Zhou. The Personal Robots Group's technical and aesthetic team includes Mikey Siegel, Fardad Faridi and Ryan Wistort as well as videographers Paula Aguilera and Jonathan Williams. Chuhee Lee and Charles Lee represent the Volkswagen Group of America's Electronics Research Lab. [MIT]
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MIT’s AIDA robot lets the driver know how he is driving
Gizmo Watch —
... on common routes and destination, thus imbibing real-time information and knowledge of environmental conditions and driver’s behavior.
Over a period of time, AIDA can get well versed with the environ and can therefore direct the driver to home and work or other places of frequent visit, along with tipping the driver on when it’s time for a refuel, or how he has been driving at the given moment.
Via: MIT/Gizmodo
MIT's Affective Intelligent Driving Agent is KITT and Clippy's lovechild (video)
Engadget —
... If we've said it once, we've said it a thousand times, stop trying to make robots into "friendly companions!" MIT must have some hubris stuck in its ears, as its labs are back at it with what looks like Clippy gone 3D, with an extra dash of Knight ...
robot riding shotgun: aida the in-car robot companion
technabob —
... to familiarize itself with the needs and habits of a driver, like one’s usual destinations, or how one drives. It will then combine that information with real-time data like traffic or weather, stuff that may not be immediately available to the driver, to give hints and tips:
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What do you think? Will AIDA be a helpful companion, or a nagger that you won’t be able to kick out of the car?
[via MIT via Popular Science] ...
MIT Develops Witty Robot Sidekick (For Your Car)
I4U News —
... Finally. Since I was a kid I've longed for a super-smart robot sidekick to be my best friend and come with me on my adventures. MIT's Affective Intelligent Driving Agent isn't quite that awesome, but it's a big step in the right direction. The AIDA is being built as a smart driving assistant that will make people safer and help them to find more efficient routes. Essentially an adorable little robot that sits on your dashboard and talks to you, the AIDA is being built to recognize human facial expressions and emotional queues. Basically, they're creating a robot that knows ...
MIT Research Developing Adorable Robot for Your Dashboard
Maximum PC all RSS Feed —
... enough gas? Did we leave a door open? Are our headlights still on? But that doesn’t seem to be enough. Others want to make sure we know not only all about the car, but all about the entire transportation infrastructure that surrounds the car. TomTom will give us directions on how to get back and forth from work. (We haven’t figured that out?) And OnStar will tell us that we were in an accident. (How do we manage to miss something like that?)
And the end is not yet in sight. The goodly folks at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) want to build us a “plastic ...
10 Machines That Have Taken On Important Human Roles [Tgif]
Gizmodo —
... Lab. "Within a week AIDA will have figured out your home and work location. Soon afterwards the system will be able to direct you to your preferred grocery store, suggesting a route that avoids a street fair-induced traffic jam. On the way AIDA might recommend a stop to fill up your tank, upon noticing that you are getting low on gas," says Biderman. "AIDA can also give you feedback on your driving, helping you achieve more energy efficiency and safer behavior." [MIT via Link] While the AIDA robot helps you navigate, there are plenty ...
10 Human Functions We've Already Handed Over To The Machines [Tgif]
Gizmodo —
... Lab. "Within a week AIDA will have figured out your home and work location. Soon afterwards the system will be able to direct you to your preferred grocery store, suggesting a route that avoids a street fair-induced traffic jam. On the way AIDA might recommend a stop to fill up your tank, upon noticing that you are getting low on gas," says Biderman. "AIDA can also give you feedback on your driving, helping you achieve more energy efficiency and safer behavior." [MIT via Link] While the AIDA robot helps you navigate, there are plenty ...
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