Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Innovative Robots

When I was at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit last month, I encountered Candace the Robot at AAA Michigan's booth on the main thoroughfare of the show. Candace was an interactive robot that could dance, talk about Insurance info from AAA, and even take a selfie with you. It is amazing what a robot can do nowadays. I found her so fascinating, that I stopped by twice to see her. She could even look at my camera as I took her picture. This reminded me of an advanced version of another robot I remember seeing at the Volkswagen Auto Show in a previous year, who just had a stick-like camera attached to wheels and could talk to you. 


 

Maternity Homes

 This building and its past use has been on my mind here recently, as well as the former hospital, behind me as I was taking this picture, n...