{"id":1376,"date":"2018-10-25T06:08:36","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T05:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rosetta.vn\/short\/?p=1376"},"modified":"2018-10-25T15:47:40","modified_gmt":"2018-10-25T14:47:40","slug":"smart-cities-are-getting-smarter-but-challenges-remain-robotics-business-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rosetta.vn\/short\/2018\/10\/25\/smart-cities-are-getting-smarter-but-challenges-remain-robotics-business-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart Cities are Getting Smarter, But Challenges Remain &#8211; Robotics Business Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"excerpt\">\n<p>7 l\u0129nh v\u1ef1c c\u1ee7a smart cities m\u00e0 th\u00e0nh ph\u1ed1 Tampere \u1edf Ph\u1ea7n Lan \u0111ang tri\u1ec3n khai (<a href=\"http:\/\/smarttampere.fi\/en\/smart-ecosystem-themes\">http:\/\/smarttampere.fi\/en\/smart-ecosystem-themes<\/a>):<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Di chuy\u1ec3n, v\u1eadn t\u1ea3i<\/li>\n<li>Y t\u1ebf, s\u1ee9c kh\u1ecfe<\/li>\n<li>C\u00f4ng nghi\u1ec7p<\/li>\n<li>Cai tr\u1ecb v\u00e0 gi\u1ea3i quy\u1ebft vi\u1ec7c c\u1ee7a c\u00f4ng d\u00e2n<\/li>\n<li>Nghi\u00ean c\u1ee9u v\u00e0 gi\u00e1o d\u1ee5c<\/li>\n<li>C\u00e1c t\u00f2a nh\u00e0 v\u00e0 h\u1ea1 t\u1ea7ng li\u00ean quan<\/li>\n<li>K\u1ebft n\u1ed1i \u0111i\u1ec7n t\u1eed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/header>\n<blockquote>\n<header class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"excerpt\">\n<p>Ubiquitous sensors and applications are driving rapid growth for smart cities, but machine learning not yet advanced to cope with capacity demands.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"col-md-8\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rosetta.vn\/short\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/10\/iStock-Smart-Cities-Graphic-1000x500.jpg?resize=750%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Smart Cities are Getting Smarter, But Challenges Remain\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"date_author\">\u00a0OCTOBER 23, 2018\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"Posts by Andrew Williams\" href=\"https:\/\/www.roboticsbusinessreview.com\/author\/awilliams\/\" rel=\"author\">ANDREW WILLIAMS<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Ubiquitous sensors in mobile robots, aerial drones, and autonomous vehicles, plus connections to municipal infrastructure through the Internet of Things, promise more efficient delivery of utilities and reduced traffic, among other things. While the variety of sensors and applications for smart cities has grown rapidly in recent years, a lot of work remains, especially in the areas of machine learning to analyze and interpret the data from these sensors, experts and observers said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[There is] still a long way to go to achieve a smart city,\u201d said\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/urbaninstitute.group.shef.ac.uk\/who-we-are\/dr-mateja-kovacic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mateja Kovacic<\/a>, a visiting research fellow at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urbaninstitute.group.shef.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Urban Institute at the University of Sheffield<\/a>, and a postdoctoral research fellow a the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nissan.ox.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies<\/a>, University of Oxford. Kovacic points to a number of notable examples in the smart-cities-in-progress space, including Barcelona, Spain, and Dubai.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_42494\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-42494\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rosetta.vn\/short\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/10\/smart_tampere-1411.jpg?resize=350%2C233&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Smart cities aerial drones\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aerial drones that can collect data will eventually become more autonomous in smart city applications.\u00a0<em>Source:<\/em>\u00a0Smart Tampere<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseiotinsights.com\/20171030\/smart-cities\/smart-city-case-study-barcelona-tag23-tag99\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barcelona<\/a>, municipal authorities have installed smart solar trash cans, and free Wi-Fi routed via street lighting, as well as \u201csensors that monitor air quality and parking spaces,\u201d Kovacic said.<\/p>\n<p>In Dubai, which established a blockchain strategy aimed at creating the world\u2019s first blockchain-powered government, the country also has an autonomous transportation strategy that seeks to make 25% of all transportation in the city autonomous by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are also efforts to make policing, security, governance, healthcare and public services more autonomous through artificial intelligence, which I see as an extension and expansion of the \u2018smart\u2019 paradigm,\u201d Kovacic said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Autonomous robotics in the next age<\/h2>\n<p>Joshua Meler, senior director of marketing at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hangar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hangar Technology<\/a>, said he believes the world is entering an age in which autonomous robotics \u201cwill transform how companies operate, industries evolve, and economic opportunities are uncovered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hangar develops a platform that combines drone hardware, software, and data analytics to enable autonomous drones to collect and interpret visual data. Meler said that up until now, the platform has been employed mainly for business uses \u2013 via drones that automate the end-to-end \u201caerial insight\u201d supply chain. But he said it has also been rolled out for smart city infrastructure applications in controlled environments, and at a limited capacity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe next stage for Hangar is an era where computers augment visual insights, automating observations and alerting humans of areas that require attention,\u201d Meler said. \u201cThis includes counting traffic, identifying cracks on bridges, recognizing inventory on construction sites and more \u2014 without human intervention required. We\u2019re not there today, but as technology advances and as regulations facilitate autonomous operations, the Hangar platform will be capable of facilitating many of the applications of smart cities.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Partnerships drive applications in Finland<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_42452\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-42452\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rosetta.vn\/short\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/10\/Tampere-Finland.jpg?resize=700%2C467&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Tampere Finland Smart Cities\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tampere, Finland.\u00a0<em>Source:<\/em>\u00a0Clipart.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The city of Tampere, Finland, is in the process of establishing several innovative and digital smart city solutions through cooperation between companies, organizations, municipalities, and citizens. Pirkko Laitinen, communications manager for Smart Tampere, said the aim is to \u201ccreate better services for the citizens, and serve as a partner, a platform, and a reference for the companies on their way to the international markets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said the strategic economic program approaches this in two ways. From the inside, the program is \u201ctaking the city\u2019s own services to the digital age through agile testing.\u201d On the outside, the program helps businesses \u201ccreate new business models and smart city solutions through ecosystem building and platform creating.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_42493\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-42493 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rosetta.vn\/short\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/10\/Pirkko-Laitinen-Smart-Tempere-300x300.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Pirkko Laitinen Smart Tampere smart cities article\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pirkko Laitinen, Smart Tampere<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The program focuses on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/smarttampere.fi\/en\/smart-ecosystem-themes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seven smart city themes<\/a>that Laitenen said are strong in Tampere:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mobility<\/li>\n<li>Health<\/li>\n<li>Industry<\/li>\n<li>Governance and citizens<\/li>\n<li>Research and education<\/li>\n<li>Buildings and infrastructure<\/li>\n<li>Connectivity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cOne robot-based new business model we have created with companies is the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fi.smartmile.rocks\/#\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SmartMile<\/a>\u00a0delivery service points, which are in shared use among all parcel delivery service providers,\u201d Laitinen said. \u201c[This] means that online store customers can receive all their orders in one place. The robotics inside the machine is done by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.konecranes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Konecranes<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Machine learning needs to increase capacity<\/h2>\n<p>With increasing demands placed upon machine learning by smart city applications, Kovacic said she believes it will soon be advanced enough to cope with those demands.<\/p>\n<p>The main challenge, she said, is that current machine learning \u201cdoes not yet have the capacity to handle the quantity of data, and is not autonomous enough to analyze data without human intervention.\u201d Another challenge is integrating different physical and virtual technologies necessary to make a smart city genuinely smart.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe existing challenges can be overcome by further work on machine learning technology and nurturing a mindset with a holistic, integrative approach,\u201d Kovacic said. \u201cBut there is no leapfrogging here, it simply takes time.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_42496\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-42496 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rosetta.vn\/short\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/10\/2018-10-08-15.32.38-225x300.jpg?resize=225%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Smart Tampere automobile smart cities\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Automobiles with sensors will provide data to smart cities. Source: Smart Tampere<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cAnother step toward overcoming existing challenges is being more aware that the physical technology, like robots, is an integral aspect of machine learning and vice versa,\u201d she added. \u201cThere is no place for mind-body dualisms \u2013 or virtual-physical \u2013 there needs to be an attempt at integration. Lastly, cybersecurity and data privacy and protection are among the main issues and will need to be dealt with utmost care and consideration for individual and social rights and needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Laitinen pointed out that machines can currently learn simple tasks and that the technology is developing as the algorithms get better.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a city, we are still learning about what would be the best way to gather data from multiple different areas into one pool,\u201d Laitenen said, \u201cand how to analyze it in order to offer it for the companies to use.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>The skies will get smarter before the ground<\/h2>\n<p>Hangar\u2019s Meler said he believes key sensor innovation and smart city trends \u201cwill happen in the sky before they happen on the ground.\u201d The path to an autonomous world \u201cmust first rise up, in a largely uninhabited space free of children chasing soccer balls across the light, running groups beating the crosswalk light, or distracted drivers listening to the radio and texting a friend,\u201d Meler said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact is, completely autonomous drones are years away, while cars and robotics will take at least a decade before they prove safe at scale,\u201d he added. \u201cFor this reason, I think we\u2019ll see meaningful innovation [in the air] first. Drone hardware will enable heavier payloads and longer flight times. Sensors will get smaller, better and cheaper. Governments and industries will lift regulations and restrictions. And this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cs.stanford.edu\/people\/eroberts\/cs181\/projects\/productivity-paradox\/background.html\">Solow\u2019s Paradox<\/a>\u00a0we\u2019re experiencing with digitization will hit a tipping point, and we\u2019ll enter a new age of productivity.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fw-sidebar right-sidebar\">\n<h3>More on Smart Cities:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.roboticsbusinessreview.com\/ai\/mit-uses-c2ro-platform-show-cloud-can-process-sensor-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MIT Uses C2RO\u2019s Cloud Platform to Process Smart City Sensor Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.roboticsbusinessreview.com\/news\/microlocation-will-open-new-frontiers-for-robotics-smart-cities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How Microlocation Will Open New Frontiers for Robotics, Smart Cities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.roboticsbusinessreview.com\/ai\/ai-robots-and-smart-cities-to-get-spotlight-at-nvidias-gtc-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AI, Robots, and Smart Cities to Get Spotlight at NVIDIA\u2019s GTC 2018<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.roboticsbusinessreview.com\/research\/finland-aims-to-be-the-nordics-next-robotics-leader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Finnish Robotics Aims to Be the Next Nordics Leader<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.roboticsbusinessreview.com\/regional\/megacities-offer-opportunity-if-firms-can-overcome-foreign-policy-geopolitics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Megacities Offer Opportunity if Firms Can Overcome Foreign Policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.roboticsbusinessreview.com\/ai\/ai-iot-smart-sensors-preserve-lake-george\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How AI and IoT Smart Sensors Are Preserving a Lake Ecosystem<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kovacic said she envisions the \u201cfull integration of vehicles, drones, and robot-mounted sensors with the city through IoT,\u201d particularly since \u201cthe quantity of data a city can produce exceeds human capacity, and needs a sophisticated network of everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSwarm technology is very promising and can be applied in vehicles, drones and different robots to produce collective action and decision-making,\u201d Kovacic said. \u201cAnother key innovation may be decentralization. Unlike the old smart-city paradigm, where stationary sensors and cameras collect data and send it to a centralized system for analysis, the analysis and decision-making will become dispersed, decentralized and more efficient and instantaneous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[A] smart city will no longer be a static accumulator of data but will become extended through mobile technology with capability to interact with each other and instantaneously make decisions based on this interaction without human intervention,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Even so, Kovacic said she suspects such developments will take more than a few years, and envisions a proliferation of various robots, such as drones for e-commerce, shared autonomous vehicles, service and retail robots, and city maintenance swarm robots. She also said she expects to see more machine learning-enhanced services across a smart city, from governance to the service industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn California, there is currently underway a pilot project where autonomous vehicles pick up passengers, and delivery robots deliver groceries and food,\u201d Kovacic said. \u201cThese are just two examples of what we can expect from future smart city applications \u2013 but only when these technologies are also connected and interact with the city \u2014 which they are currently not \u2014 and when there is a feedback loop between them and the city \u2013 a truly cybernetic city.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.roboticsbusinessreview.com\/regional\/smart-cities-getting-smarter-challenges-remain\/\">Smart Cities are Getting Smarter, But Challenges Remain &#8211; Robotics Business Review<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>7 l\u0129nh v\u1ef1c c\u1ee7a smart cities m\u00e0 th\u00e0nh ph\u1ed1 Tampere \u1edf Ph\u1ea7n Lan \u0111ang tri\u1ec3n khai (http:\/\/smarttampere.fi\/en\/smart-ecosystem-themes): Di chuy\u1ec3n, v\u1eadn t\u1ea3i Y t\u1ebf, s\u1ee9c kh\u1ecfe C\u00f4ng nghi\u1ec7p Cai tr\u1ecb v\u00e0 gi\u1ea3i quy\u1ebft vi\u1ec7c c\u1ee7a c\u00f4ng d\u00e2n Nghi\u00ean c\u1ee9u v\u00e0 gi\u00e1o<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[30,79],"tags":[960,956,341,442,959,958],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jhJx-mc","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosetta.vn\/short\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1376"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosetta.vn\/short\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosetta.vn\/short\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosetta.vn\/short\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosetta.vn\/short\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1376"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/rosetta.vn\/short\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1384,"href":"https:\/\/rosetta.vn\/short\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1376\/revisions\/1384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosetta.vn\/short\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosetta.vn\/short\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosetta.vn\/short\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}