The the communicators, youll see our visit here looking at some of the most recent technology as well as some interviews that weve done. [inaudible conversations] you are looking at the future of public transportation, and were happy [inaudible] to join us today. Thanks for being here, and on behalf of [inaudible] enjoy the weather, its vegas. And, again, let me know if you have any questions. So is this a drone . It is a, at its purest level, an upscale super drone, yes. Fully electric. Who would pilot this . Itd be fully autonomous. So this was built as, essentially, an urban air taxi. Okay. So you would request one of these to get in, it would take you to so air uber host we want to introduce you to a Company Named omron. Mike chen. Give us a quick overview of the company. Guest okay. Were a Global Corporation that specialize in technologies that are meant to improve lives and really involve societal changes. Host and now youve got robots galore out here. Guest thats right. Host what is this . Guest this is used in a factory environment application, but this is meant to show the vision that we have where robotics are working in harmony. Host now, mike chen, when you look at this, im presuming that this is relatively Old Technology in here or not . Guest it can be applied in different ways. The technology itself is up to the user, but it can be applied in new applications as well as traditional applicationings. Host now robotics, this is a robot, correct . Guest this is a robot. Host and this young gentleman here is a robot as well . Guest that is correct. Host who is this . Guest this is bill, one of our mobile robots. Its a mobile vehicle that allows for improved productivity at the factory level. Host what does bill do . Whats his function . Guest hes meant to deliver mints at the ces show for our attendees. Host thank you, bill. Is he going to run boo me . Guest they are safety regulated so it follows all the safety standards, and this thing will not touch you. Host what kind of technology is in this . Guest its part a. I. And part motion and part traditional i. O. And control. What we do here is we innovate in the technologies around a. I. , around robotics so that is awe on autonomously navigating the map that a user sets out. So if you wanted to program it to do something, youd teach it the map, and then it actually finds its way around. Host it took my foot. It grabbed my foot. [laughter] guest there are a 270degree radius around the laser scanner, and host he doesnt like that foot there. Guest and a low level sensor as well that goes for the flooring. Host so when you talk about a. I. Being in here, the artificial intelligence, whats in that . Guest what it means is once you teach it a map, you do not tell it how to get from point a to point b, it will intelligently navigate itself to the optimal path whether there are people in place or if there are other obstacles. Host does it learn as it goes . Guest correct. It learns the best path over repetition. Host so youve told it to go from point a to point b, and you dont care how it gets there . Can it get off this white floor here . Guest it cannot, because weve also restricted it for the ces show. Theres lots of people here, weve restricted it to the area of our booth. Host but you could program it to go across hall here. Guest absolutely. Host wait, who is this . Guest this is our catering robot built on the same platform that you saw earlier. The base model is all the same. The same Safety Technology around it so it can see its surrounding, but this custom on top could be more more applications host such as water. Guest water, etc. Host where are these used . Guest in a factory or in hotel environments. Of we actually have one of these at an airport where it is actually helping people with disabilities to get their luggage and take it to their [inaudible] for them. Host will you see omron products in hospitals . Guest we do. So theres another version of in that we can go to now or go to later. Give me an example, right . Theres a lot of pharmaceuticalses, of course, being for specific access to nurses, theres and the patient. There are models of the mobile Robot Technology than securely deliver pharmaceuticals to that person with a rf id tag to make sure that the right person is taking right pharmaceuticals. What else are you demonstrating . Guest quite a few technologies. We have the trend of mass customization. Not just mass production of products anywhere, but our Consumers Want technology to be personal. Personal to the consumer when its Automotive Technologies or a. I. Technologies. So this would be an example of that. Do you have your badge on you . Host no, i dont have the it with me i dont have it with me. Guest okay. Host ive got it with me. There we go. Guest for example. This is very applicable in the manufacturing space because of of traceability. We want, we want all of our products made custom for us now, right . All the Technology Working just for us. So as an example, if you wanted something personalizedded, this would be a Laser Engraver that uses bar code technologies in this case to burn a custom pingpong ball just for you. Host oh, thats awesome. [laughter] so a couple years ago at this show 3d printing was a big thing. Guest right. And we have used at as well within the design of the application. The overall purpose were trying to show is humans and technology do mix, right, and the Human Element is not lost on us. Our whole philosophy is the machine did the work and people the thrill of creation. Host whats your day job . Guest im the engineering manufacturing for the automation manager for the automation sector, and i interact with customers, what their needs are from a company like omron corporation. Host so you have an engineering degree. Guest i do. Host you think parts and, you know guest i do sometimes, right. Host is it mostly online anymore or via the computer . Guest i believe the interface is natural now to interact with technology through a computer, but the thought process, Human Element is very important rain how a customer interacts with our technology, thats still very human way to think about technology. Not just engineering host okay, lets go back to the a. I. Guest please. Host what is this . Guest this is the first it is a very long acronym that i do not care, but overall orr my yous was the god of inspiration, and this is a perfect illustration of what were trying to show here, the technology becoming a harmony between human and machine. Host is orpheus learning how to play guest he knows how to play what hes learning is the player. As it learns the player, it improves the game of the player so that the player can get as many rallies as possible. This is the first of its kind tutor. Its a robot that improves and expands the capability of humans. Host , so, mike chen, whats the purpose . Guest it is a tutor robot for pingpong. Host are we allowed to play in. Guest you are allowed to play, sir. Host all right. Give a try. Guest all right. So give you prep . Host yep. Guest youre going to be looking at the ball. [laughter] but what you do see here at the bottom is a display that is meant for you. It tells you your level to kind of give you a little bit of encourage and challenge. It is from 0100 . [laughter] 0100 of activity, and the robot will see how youre doing and try to give it back to you in the way that you can hit it. Host okay. That gentleman was playing at 91 . Guest that is correct. [laughter] host okay. Guest i play at 45 . Host okay, all right. Guest youre already going to kill me. Host okay. Heres the line. Guest the line is host 45 . Thank you, sir. All right. Is he going to serve . Guest yes. Host oh, my. Guest hes going to serve the first time, but you can serve going forward. Host all right. Okay. Guest you just beat me. Host did i beat you . Guest youre over 45. Host am i . Okay, good. Guest nice. All right. Would you like to serve this time . Host yeah. Let me try this time. 66, no. [laughter] guest we have more. Host 2, me. 49. Guest so what you see here, it is not slamming it against you, is it . Host no, its not. Guest what its trying to do is improve the number of rallies that you can get to. Host he will serve again . All right. Im going to serve as hard as i can, he told me. Guest all right. Host so hes trying to help me. Guest correct. It is a tutor. It is to expand on the human capability. Host oh [laughter] [applause] let me try one more time. Oh guest from a technology perspective, youre looking at multiple robots, multiple camera systems all working together to do, to improve your pingpong game. Host multiple camera systems watching me then. Guest correct. Correct. It is watching you and the ball. Host yeah, whatever. [laughter] yes [laughter] [applause] guest very nice. Host again, whats the Practical Application of this . Guest we are not here to sell pingpong robots. What were here to show our audience as well as other companies around here that every business here are businesses that we want to do business with. The technology is what we represent on the vision of harmony between the human and machines. This robot can be absolutely applied in an industrial field sorry, this type of technology can be applied in an industrial field and the Sensing Technology can be applied to Driver Safety in vehicles which is the display here. And theres multiple applications in multiple different industries. Host well, lets look at the Driver Safety. Guest okay, please. This is a different application of very similar technology. Host okay. Guest same amount of facial recognition. Right. So facial recognition and learning the user. Host what are we seeing on the screen up theresome. Guest what youre seeing here is eye tracking. Eye tracking as well as pupil tracking. Because unbeknownst to us as humans, right . We actually have [inaudible] of course ocular reflex which means that almost two minutes before we know were tired, were going to start losing coordination between our pupils and our head movements. Host okay. That said guest that said, if you start to get drowsy, if you start to be incapacitated, the technology can detect that, and an automaker can create different type of autonomous driving reactions to that. Host now, my cartels me im car tells me im getting tired. Is that this type of technology . Guest it is absolutely the same, thats right. The ocular reflex, that is something that innovation where its not just looking at blinks, because blinks you can change. You can change how often you blink, right . But the Early Detection, the Early Detection of your reaction speed, that part is where we host so this is really kind of an amazing display when we see i think on then screen. Guest if the correlation is high, thats good. That means as youre bouncing around, right depending on what youre driving on, right . You should stay focused. That ratio should be high. Host are Car Companies integrating this today . Guest we keep the confidence of our customer base, but this technology our technologys in 500 million devices worldwide at this point whether they be automotive or even digital devices in your pocket, cell phones and the like. Host so does this lead toward with Autonomous Vehicles . Guest correct. Host is this something that autonomy guest they can use our technology for that purpose, absolutely. Host so, mike chen, what kind of people work at omron . Are you all electrical, mechanical engineers . Guest no, were looking for a lot of different types of people. What we are passionate about is technology and applying that to societal challenges. And the people here are engineers, mechanical, a. I. , electrical engineers and also people that support. Host are you finding theres enough people in the u. S. And well, worldwide. Youre a japanese company. Are you finding that there are enough people qualified to work at omron . Guest yeah. We have a lot of investment currently in the americas. We are a Global Corporation. We have engineers from all around the world, europe, asia as well as the united united st. We are haley investing in the heavily investing in the united states, we are growing here, and we are hiring here in the united states. Host mike chen of omron, thanks for the tour. We appreciate it. Guest thanks for your time. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] host Michael Perry, what is dji . Guest were most known for our consumer quad copters, but over the last year or two people have started using this Ground Breaking technology, putting it to work in a wide variety of areas whether its professional filling making and Television Production or agriculture. Host now, you did not use the word drone, and we all know it by the word drone. Guest sure. Yeah. Most people call it drones but, basically, we dont think necessarily about the flying aspect, were thinking about what it does for people, about imaging capture. Host so what are we see anything the cage here . Guest ing guest this is the newest version of our flagship consumer product. It folds down to about the size of a water bottle, has a 4k camera onboard, and the upgrades that we released to it last year making it about 60 quieter. So you notice its pretty quiet. We could have a normal conversation while its behind me. Host what would that be used for . Is that just for recreation . Guest we see it being used for a wide variety of cases. Most people use it for travel or family photography, we see it being used for weddings or real estate, but were also seeing it being used for some other professional applications like power line inspection. Rather than having to go up and down in a cherry picker and driving, you can just fly down the line and look out for some errors on the line. Host how many drones are out there flying around the world right now in. Guest good question. The faa has estimates, you know, we think that is a really dc trs or its a new field, and not everybody has an estimation, but its in the millions. Host in the millions . Guest oh, absolutely. Host regulation of drones. Is this a big eshoo that you all issue that you all are facing . Guest yeah, you know, the good news is that regulators and manufacturers like dji are on the same page. We want pretty much the same things, protecting people in the air, people on the ground, and we also want to make sure that the skies are open for innovation. New technological category if you restrict the amount of people who have access to it or the places where they can access it, its not going to reach its full potential. So working together with regulators, we hope to meet those two goals. Host now, whos controlling this right now . Is it the gentleman back there in the cage guest thats right. Host whos driving it . Guest got a camera host looking at us right now. Guest thats right. Host how advanced is the technology . Guest the camera onboard the platform is about the equivalent of an action camera, similar sensor. Its also a wide angle. So the amount that can actually capture finish. Finish [inaudible] host do you have to be licensed by the faa to fly one of these . Guest so it depends. Right now the faa has just restudented a rule that would cause you restudented a rule that would reinstituted a rule that would require you to register. If you want to start making money using the drone, then you have to go through a certification process. Then youre able to start putting the technology to work. Host weve been hearing about Drone Deliveries. Guest yeah. Host is that a reality in the future . Guest you know, the potential of Drone Deliveries is really exciting, being able to instantly access, you know, goods wherever you are. Theres a combination of a regulatory and technological challenge thats going to prevent that or provide roadblocks before full implementation happens. In terms of the technology, you need longer [inaudible] the ability for beyond visual line of sight safely and reliably. And then on the regulatory side, you know, flying through cities over people are still highly restricted. You cannot fly beyond visual line of sight right now. And fully awe on the poised flight is also restricted in various ways. So there are some challenges between where the technology is and where some Companies Want it to be, but the potential is there. Host okay. Now, i saw a bigger drone. We can walk over guest yeah, of course. Host how long does it take to learn how to fly like that gentleman is in the cage . Guest well, you know [inaudible] new orleans the same. More or less the same, its really making sure youre mitigating against the risks. [inaudible] ready to fly before you get it up in the air. And then also operational. So making sure that youre not flying close to people, flying close to infrastructure. You tell people maybe to stand back. Pretty basic, it becomes Second Nature after youve gotten used to the technology. Host are they selfstabilizing . Guest yes. Actually, inside the box is the brains of the drone s and thats actually where dji started. From that we built Everything Else that you see right here from the stabilization platforms and in some cases even the cameras onboard the system to make sure that the entire flying experience is as painless as possible. Host now, this is a good size ised drone. Sized drone. Guest it depends on the configuration, they can go up to 10 is, 12,000. Host and what would this be used more . Guest this is really for professional applications. Weve got a [inaudible] camera, upwards of 30,000. And this is really used for detailed work. Mapping is a big application for a drone like this. Youre able to get really detailed maps in a fraction of the time that it would take you to use satellite or other Aerial Imaging host now, can you, could you webcast live with a drone . Guest yeah, absolutely. Even our consumer platforms are able to pull down a live feed from up to seven kilometers away, and it shows up on your phone in realtime. Then its just a matter of activating facebook live, and you ready to start streaming. Host is what is your background to get into this finish. Guest so is my background was in film making many, many years ago, and then i was living in asia and doing government and policy work and was really excited about this technology. Somebody called up and said, hey, do you want to work for this crazy hightech company, and i said absolutely. Host is this an American Company or Chinese Company . Guest this is a Company Based in china. Host and the drones also made in china . Guest thats right. Host so this big one here could also be used for movie making. Could movie makers guest absolutely. You can carry larger, more sophisticated camera packages onboard for tv shows, film productions, you name it. Host theres one other piece of technology i wanted to ask you about, and thats [inaudible] you had some other here. What is it . Guest ing a gimble, essentially the technology that stabilizes a camera while its in motion. And, you know, it actually uses a lot of the same information, actually uses a lot of the same technology. [inaudible conversations] guest both consumers and professionals. S this is our consumer gimble, and it stabilizes smartphone footage so that you can effortlessly create cinematic home videos just using your smartphone. Host has the booth been crowded all day like this . This is a massive crowd. [laughter] what are you hearing from people . Guest you know, this is a new category for a lot of people, and so theyre really curious to understand wheres the potential. Many people, theyve heard about Drone Technology for several years, but several of the breakthroughs [inaudible] have actually made the technology accessible. So its beyond just, oh, thats cool to the point where, like, i could do that. And now its what can i do with that. Host what about privacy concerns . Guest a lot of rules and regulations protect you from peeping toms or other ways that people might invade your privacy apply to trones as well. So we think that to drones as well. We think the rules and framework are in place finish. [inaudible] host Michael Perry of dji, thanks for your time. Guest my pleasure. Thank you. Host well, here at the Consumer Electronics show weve seen several drones up in the air, but now we want to show you a drone that goes underwater. And this is by a Company Called navatics, and were cheeking with chang zing hao. Guest hi. Host what are we seeing here . Guest this is an underwater drone to take photos and videos underwater. And you have a 4k camera, and it can dive 130 feet deep in water, and it can live stream to your smartphone so you can see whats underwater. [laughter] host and whos driving it . Guest well, i think someone has, is driving it for the first time because we have a lot of people try to control it. Host and where is the controller . Guest oh, the controller is my colleague has it. Host okay. Well look at that in just a minute. Whats the application of an underwater drone . Guest well, there are many applications. Were designed for Recreational Use, so you can use it for [inaudible] for divers, and when you go fishing, you can see the fish. Take videos for that. And also you own a boat, you can use it to check the bottom of your boat. Host and industrial applications, maybe inspections of pipelines . Guest yeah. Of course you can use it for that as well. Although were designed for Recreational Use because it can only go 130 feet, yes. Host is this on the market yet . Guest its not. Its only our prototype, but were hoping for that in a couple of months. [background sounds] host the communicators is on location in las vegas for the consumer electronic show, ces. We talked to a Company Called suitable tech which produces a product called beam and we were in vegas but what to talk to dominique who is in colorado. Guest how is nevada . Host very sunny today. Its not raining which is nice. Caller this is our latest model. We have an anticipated release date of summer 2018. Amazing new features. The screen has an integrated touchscreen that you and i would able to edit add and club infon found on that computer safe and secure. Another one of its function is vividly to increase and decrease say i get to commit get with a large group of people unaided to have more robust presence or if i need to work amongst conference people i could decrease my height. You and i can edit and collaborate. I dont even have to leave my house. Host dominique, whats the technology to connect us right now . Guest the type of this model i have two wifi radios. As i move around, this will ping an Even Stronger signal of the disconnect. Theres any interruption in service. Theres a 3g bar so i i can go anywhere on your cell phone. Host walk us through this robotics. Guest nothing is automated about the system yet. I complete control and autonomy. Im using my laptop in colorado, super easy. You can download from the app store on your smartphone or tablet. You simply hover your finger of the touchscreen and the device will follow that route. Im going to share my user interface with you. This is what im looking at. One forward camera, one lower directional camera so i can see the tip of your toast to the top of her head. The ideas i want to be able to adjust to see what you feel comfortable. I can give them some personal space. I can be responsive and add a Human Element to teleconferencing. Host switchback and show what you are saying. Guest this is my user interface. It will be slightly different for the release in the summer but really simple and intuitive. You can use your mouse, your arrow keys. If i have my mouse over the lower quadrant you can see these bluelines appear. Thats my predicted driving. If i click your eye can see i should drive over there, i would run over your toes. Its Pretty Simple and effortless. Host whats the application of Something Like this . Guest a number of different applications from telemedicine, education, fact or oversight. They can take any subject Matter Experts in place whether needed most, whether on the busy ceo checking up on manufacturing or distribute overseas are just inyourface checking up on an older relative in their home. Host if you want to know what the ski conditions are in colorado . Guest im going to break a little rule and show you some stuff. Host there we go. Tell us a little bit about suitable tech. Guest its an Amazing Company and i am profoundly proud work within the webbased out of california where everything is design and manufacture. We are connecting people from all around the world in a brandnew way. We believe [inaudible] excluded from the conversation. My favorite application is the way its a great equalizer. Its an invitation back to the workforce and its giving people a lot of autonomy and independence, and im proud to work for a company that is doing that. Host thats dominique in colorado. This is of the communicators at ces in las vegas. Guest thank you so much for your time. I love chatting with you folks and hope you enjoy the rest of ces. [background sounds] [background sounds] [background sounds] [background sounds] host the eureka park section of the consumer electronic show in some of the new products, and hope to be products on the market. One of the funders, or one way of funding those new products is via kickstarter. Clarissa redwine, how does kickstarter work . Kickstarter is a place to bring your creative project to life by building a Community Around that product. We are here at ces showcase our partnership will bring together resources to people manufacture their products. Host tell us about the connection between kickstarter and avnet right next door . Guest they are both experts in electronics manufacturing. With the dues provide resources to creators so that they can plan and prepare for manufacturing in advance of launching a campaign. Host how did they get connected with kickstarter, and do you go to a kickstarter website or at to find a project . Guest its a great question. Hardware studio is a website. You just go to hardware dot studio and we laid out all our resources for critters to browse. You can apply for a more handson program. Host what can a a reaction are you getting at ces . A lot of people coming by wanting money . Guest its really exciting exciting. This is our first traffic a physical presence. Usually we are more on the four and we love having critters come up, talk about the project and get facetoface interaction. Host you have some products on the shelf. Anything to talk about that you funded or helped to facilitate . Guest i would love to talk you about a little kid together for kids to learn how to code, learn the basics of goading. Host the orange keyboard . Guest right here. Theres another unit you can build games. Say you build the game with a little red dot that is chased by a bunch of other little blue dots, something simple and fun. Another great project i would love to show you guys is rooted, a team at mit that came to kickstarter, had a fantastic campaign and the robot is magnetic. You can put it on a whiteboard, put a marker in it and it will draw what you decipher to drop. You can code, tell it to draw different shapes and they can see what color the market is drawing so if it hits a black line it will no, this is my time to turn around by this is my time to do a spin. Its a great way to engage kids encoding. Host this is a product that got funded via kickstarter . Guest absolutely. They built a Strong Community of people want to see them succeed on kickstarter. Host what is your background . Guest i am in the start of ecosystem. Before a joint kickstarter i was with a robotics accelerator. My role at kickstarter is at reach for the west coast for designing technology. Host clarissa redwine, thank you for your time. Guest thank you so much. [background sounds] [background sounds] host hansell hong, what are we looking at . Guest its called code thrown. This is the tool you can actually teach education for programming. Young students as young as ten years old can learn how to do programming here using drone as a medium. Host the drone is on the ground. What did you do, arnold . Guest it flew out of the frame. Host you controlling that with hands it looks like . Guest we divided the came into two segments. With the other hand it was in the other direction. Host how far away can you get from this drone . Guest lets see, i can get pretty good range. It just goes left and right, so we dont go around crashing into anything. Host are you the to develop this . Guest we have a team and that a booth, a team at six in san diego and a team of 11 in korea. Host is this on the market yet . Guest its in the market. Its on amazon. We sell it on our website as well. Host arnold, take us back to the computer and get this back up in the air for us. Show us what you do on the computer. Guest its like a Python Program we teach students how to program. Right now im going to start it off. You might want to get all of it away from it. Lets pull the drone over there. Host and what are we seeing on the computer screen besides ourselves . Guest its going to get my face if i put my face in here and that im going to start clapping my hands. You can see the black and white image. Showing only movement right now. I flatland and starts going up which i can get pretty high up. It will detect any movement. Host wouldnt let me, what it regulates me or just you . Guest right now it will just to anybody. It is just detecting movement. Its going to go up. Cfi can go to the right. And there you go. Host can i give it a try . Guest of course. Host are you sure . I need you to hold the microphone. Guest if anything happens, hit q for quick. Host kids can program this . Guest yes. Its to teach the student. We start them off with a snap, and python click, are final. Host you worked together on this product . Guest we are a small team and we create additional content down to san diego. Host what is your background . Guest im an amateur robotics student. I learned the stuff on my own and i try to teach students. Opensource is great. A lot of the content i find i try to educate again. Host can we have some hats . The hats make it. Guest the goggles . Host i need them to fly this thing. Guest all you have to do is put your face there. Start clapping her hands in front of it. There you go. Stop moving. Its going to come down. Pretty simple. Keep doing that. Make sure your within frame. Go up, the up. Host why is it not going up in the air . Guest theres a a little crunch in the air right now. Tragedy or trying to get all the way up there . Good job, you did it. [laughing] these drones are also design, their kid friendly. They can crash. In my classes i have a good set of like ten students flying, crashing these drones. They get pretty excited in the get them hooked on coding. Host thank you very much for showing us your product. Guest thank you very much. [background sounds] [background sounds] host and this is been the communicators on cspan. From las vegas and the consumer electronic show. Anything that you seen today or any of our coverage from cd ceu can watch at cspan. Org. Cspan, where history unfold daily. In 1979 cspan was creator as a Public Service americas cabletelevision companies and is brought you today by your cable or satellite provider. Heres a look at our live coverage today. 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