Intelligent robots march into everyday life
Artificial intelligence has put in some impressive performances in recent years. IBM’s Watson computer won the American quiz show Jeopardy, while Libratus has beaten four top poker players. However, most people’s day-to-day experience has been of a technology that works in the background, such as making the spellchecker on your phone more responsive or helping ratings agencies to calculate your credit score.
RDM Group heads East
The RDM Group has opened a new office in Adelaide, which will be responsible for purchasing, sales and technology support as part of the firm’s expansion into Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.
Watch ITV News Anglia’s special programme to mark Milton Keynes at 50
The iconic New Town of Milton Keynes celebrated the 50th anniversary of its creation on Monday 23 January 2017. ITV News Anglia hosted a special programme from centre:mk in the heart of the community presented by Becky Jago and Jonathan Wills.
Driverless pod arrives in Aus
A driverless pod with no steering wheel manufactured in Coventry, England has arrived for a year long stint in Australia. The new autonomous pod was on show at the World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) held in Melbourne earlier this month, as part of a partnership between the Australian Driverless Vehicle Initiative (ADVI) and autonomous vehicle developer RDM Group.
‘Next generation’ of driverless cars will carry 8 people, but at 15mph
Coventry-based RDM Group is to unveil a new range of driverless vehicles The Pod Zero has a range of 60 miles and can carry up to eight passengers They are designed to be used in areas inaccessible to other transport They could be used in airports, university campuses or in theme parks A new self-driving ‘pod’ capable of carrying eight passengers at one time around cities and airports will launch tomorrow.