MONTREAL – Bell announced today it is collaborating with Canadian AI company Tiny Mile and providing 5G connectivity to its fleet of downtown Toronto food delivery robots, which are known collectively as “Geoffrey”.
“Tiny Mile’s remotely operated pink robots rely on built-in cameras and GPS to navigate the busy streets of Toronto,” reads a press release. “Connecting Geoffrey to Bell’s 5G network enables high definition video telematics data capabilities, improving real-time decisions and enhancing safety and response times.”
“Bell is thrilled to work with the Canadian entrepreneurs at Tiny Mile to leverage the incredible speed and response time of Bell 5G and enable this innovative and timely food delivery option for their customers with mobile edge computing (MEC),” said Nauby Jacob, senior vice president of products and services at Bell Mobility, in the press release.
At first, Bell’s 5G network will be used to enable remote tele-operators “to pilot the robots more easily with 5G’s faster sensor and video feed data response time,” according to the press release.
Later down the line, Tiny Mile will “implement Bell 5G and MEC service, moving computational power to the edge, providing ultra-low latency response and automating services like collision avoidance. Streaming data from multiple cameras and sensors on each robot will transmit to the edge with near instantaneous processing to guide the robot around pedestrians, moving objects or obstructions like potholes or poles.”
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