CES show features new AI, virtual reality, sleep tech
Jan. 8 (UPI) – The international Consumer Electronics Show kicked off Tuesday by showcasing artificial intelligence, virtual reality and tech to help people sleep better.
Some highlights of the Consumer Technology Association technology innovation show running through Friday in the Las Vegas Convention Center will be artificial intelligence and virtual reality, CES chief Gary Shapiro said in a Tech Republic report.
More than 182,000 industry professionals are attending, along with more than 4,000 exhibiting companies and 1,000 speakers.
"AI is definitely one of the ingredient technologies that will be pervasive throughout the show," Shapiro said. "We have a separate dedicated portion to it, but so many companies have so many things, and it really affects so many areas, and a lot of the keynoters will be talking about it."
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2019/01/08/CES-show-features-new-AI-virtual-reality-sleep-tech/1691546974092/
Tragic: Autonomous Promobot ‘Struck And Killed’ By Self-Driving Tesla
Considering this as a leadup to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, it could nothing more than an expensive publicity stunt. Or, it could be that Elon Musk’s AI program had it in for the Russian-made AI that controls Promobot. ⁃ TN Editor
Tesla has found itself involved in yet another self-driving car accident – and this time, its victim was a $2,000-per-day rentable humanoid robot.
In what many are speculating was an over-the-top PR stunt, Promobot revealed one of its model v4 robots was ‘killed’ by a Tesla Model S on a Las Vegas street ahead of CES.
The accident occurred on Paradise Rd Sunday night as engineers transported the firm’s robots to the display booth.
According to Promobot, a number of robots were making their way to the booth around 7 p.m. when one of them stepped out of line and into the parking lot roadway.
As it did, it was struck by a Tesla Model S operating in autonomous mode.
The crash tipped the robot onto its side, causing ‘serious damage,’ Promobot says.
Now, with parts of its body, head, arm mechanisms, and movement platform destroyed, it cannot be put on display.
The firm says the damage is likely irreparable.
https://www.technocracy.news/tragic-autonomous-promobot-struck-and-killed-by-self-driving-tesla/