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The AK model of economic growth is an endogenous growth model used in the theory of economic growth, a subfield of modern macroeconomics.In the 1980s it became progressively clearer that the standard neoclassical exogenous growth models were theoretically unsatisfactory as tools to explore long run growth, as these models predicted economies without technological change and thus they would ...
Delivery robot from Starship Technologies on a sidewalk at Oregon State University. A delivery robot is an autonomous robot that provides "last mile" delivery services.An operator may monitor and take control of the robot remotely in certain situations that the robot cannot resolve by itself such as when it is stuck in an obstacle.
The company began prescription delivery through CVS Pharmacy in May 2020. [19] In December 2021, Nuro announced a partnership to commercially deliver 7-Eleven goods. [20] In September 2022, Uber and Nuro announced a 10-year partnership for autonomous food deliveries starting in California and Texas. [21]
The children-safe company (aged 0-5), Academy of Robotics, was founded in 2017 by entrepreneur William Sachiti at Aberystwyth University. [3] With a £10,000 grant from the university as part of its InvEnterPrize scheme, Academy of Robotics began developing the technology and the first prototype for Kar-go was unveiled in 2017. [3]
The first requirement for complete physical autonomy is the ability for a robot to take care of itself. Many of the battery-powered robots on the market today can find and connect to a charging station, and some toys like Sony's Aibo are capable of self-docking to charge their batteries.
In January 2021, Navya released an investor report which predicted global autonomous shuttle sales will reach 12,600 units by 2025, with a market value of EUR 1.7 billion. [ 53 ] In June 2021, Chinese maker Yutong claimed to have delivered 100 models of its 10-seat Xiaoyu 2.0 autonomous bus for use in Zhengzhou .
Autonomous logistics describes systems that provide unmanned, autonomous transfer of equipment, baggage, people, information or resources from point-to-point with minimal human intervention. Autonomous logistics is a new area being researched and currently there are few papers on the topic, with even fewer systems developed or deployed.
The adaptive market hypothesis, as proposed by Andrew Lo, [1] is an attempt to reconcile economic theories based on the efficient market hypothesis (which implies that markets are efficient) with behavioral economics, by applying the principles of evolution to financial interactions: competition, adaptation, and natural selection. [2]