{"id":68027,"date":"2019-08-22T05:00:44","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T09:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=68027"},"modified":"2019-08-20T16:59:40","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T20:59:40","slug":"armies-of-delivery-robots-drones-vehicles-hmmmm-is-this-what-we-want-for-our-kids-grandkids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2019\/08\/22\/armies-of-delivery-robots-drones-vehicles-hmmmm-is-this-what-we-want-for-our-kids-grandkids\/","title":{"rendered":"Armies of delivery robots, drones, pods: Do we really want to create this kind of future?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitaltrends.com\/cool-tech\/starship-technologies-100-campuses-next-24-months\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Autonomous robot deliveries are coming to 100 university campuses in the U.S.<\/strong> <\/a>&#8212; from digitaltrends.com by Luke Dormehl<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Pioneering\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitaltrends.com\/cool-tech\/how-starship-technologies-created-delivery-robots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">autonomous delivery robot<\/a>\u00a0company\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.starship.xyz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Starship Technologies<\/a>\u00a0is coming to a whole lot more university campuses around the U.S. The robotics startup announced that it will expand its delivery services to 100 university campuses in the next 24 months, building on its successful fleets at George Mason University and Northern Arizona University.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/interestingengineering.com\/postmates-gets-go-ahead-to-test-delivery-robot-in-san-francisco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Postmates Gets Go-Ahead to Test Delivery Robot in San Francisco<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from interestingengineering.com by Donna Fuscaldo<br \/>\n<em>Postmates was granted permission to test a delivery robot in San Francisco.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">And add those to ones formerly posted on Learning Ecosystems:<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2019\/6\/21\/18700451\/amason-delivery-drone-surveillance-home-security-system-patent-application\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Amazon patents \u2018surveillance as a service\u2019 tech for its delivery drones<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 from theverge.com by Jon Porter<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitaltrends.com\/cars\/this-futuristic-driverless-pod-will-soon-be-delivering-pizza-in-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>This futuristic driverless pod will soon be delivering pizza in Texas<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u2014 from digitaltrends.com by Trevor Mogg<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2019\/6\/8\/18656364\/amazon-delivery-robot-scout-training-test-prototype-virtual-simulation-ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Amazon is creating detailed 3D models of suburbia to train its new delivery robots<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u2014 from theverge.com by James Vincent<br \/>\n<em>\u2018Eventually, we\u2019ll be delivering around the world.\u2019<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">From DSC:<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">I&#8217;m grateful for John Muir and for the presidents of the United States who had the vision to set aside land for the national park system. Such parks are precious and provide much needed respite from the hectic pace of everyday life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Closer to home, I&#8217;m grateful for what my parents&#8217; vision was for a place to help bring the families together through the years. A place that&#8217;s peaceful, quiet, surrounded by nature and community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">So I wonder what kind of legacy the current generations are beginning to create? That is&#8230;do we really want to be known as the generations who created the unchecked chaotic armies of delivery drones, delivery robots, driverless pods, etc. to fill the skies, streets, sidewalks, and more?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">I don&#8217;t. That&#8217;s not a gift to our kids or grandkids&#8230;not at all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Autonomous robot deliveries are coming to 100 university campuses in the U.S. &#8212; from digitaltrends.com by Luke Dormehl Excerpt: Pioneering\u00a0autonomous delivery robot\u00a0company\u00a0Starship Technologies\u00a0is coming to a whole lot more university campuses around the U.S. The robotics startup announced that it will expand its delivery services to 100 university campuses in the next 24 months, building [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[356,190,112,210,285,309,437,480,454,195,206],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence-agents-llms-and-related","category-assistive-technologies","category-corporate-business-world","category-emerging-technologies","category-legislation-legislatures","category-platforms","category-robotics","category-society","category-the-downsides-of-technology","category-tools","category-trends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68027"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68039,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68027\/revisions\/68039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}