CONYERS, Ga., May 2, 2016 — GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. (Pink Sheets: GOSY | http://www.geckosystems.com/) announced today that two of their Japanese business partners will be demonstrating their BaseBot(tm), “Lou,” to a new business partner prior to the CEO’s trip to Japan. For over eighteen years GeckoSystems has dedicated itself to development of “AI Mobile Robot Solutions for Safety, Security and Service(tm).”
“I am pleased to report that due to the continued hard work of one of our Japanese representatives, Mr. Fujii Katsuji, we have again achieved demonstrable progress securing viable joint ventures in Japan. This latest demonstration to one of several joint ventures being entertained, is particularly significant due to the breadth and depth of the robotics expertise of ICCL (http://www.ic-corp.jp/) and their insistence we meet them as soon as is prudent in Japan to sign the JV agreement,” commented Martin Spencer, CEO, GeckoSystems Intl. Corp.
The demonstration of GeckoSystems’ BaseBot, “Lou,” is scheduled for May 13th in Japan. Spencer will be traveling to Japan on May 20th and expects to return early to mid June in order to have sufficient time to meet with present JV partners, support ICCL in their million-dollar grant submission to the Japanese government, and meet with potential new licensees, such as the Japanese trading company earlier mentioned.
Here is a third party video demonstrating the high level of mobile safety that GeckoSystems’ advanced, proprietary, AI centric sense and avoid mobile robot technology can provide for drones, self driving cars, AGV’s, and mobile robots of all forms due to the human quick reaction time (Worst Case Execution Time) of their GeckoNavä AI navigation system: http://t.co/NqqM22TbKN
Late last year, GeckoSystems had their white paper on Worst Case Execution (reflex or reaction) Time sufficient for mobile service robots’ safe usage proximate to humans, translated into Japanese. Mr. Katsuji has been presenting that seminal discussion to many Japanese companies.
That paper explains the importance of GeckoSystems’ breakthrough, proprietary, and exclusive AI software and why this premier Japanese robotics company, ICCL, desires to enter a contractual joint venture relationship with GeckoSystems.
In order to understand the importance of GeckoSystems’ breakthrough, proprietary, and exclusive AI software and why another Japanese company desires a business relationship with GeckoSystems, it’s key to acknowledge some basic realities for all forms of automatic, non-human intervention, vehicular locomotion and steering.
- Laws of Physics such as Conservation of Energy, inertia, and momentum, limit a vehicle’s ability to stop or maneuver. If, for instance, a car’s braking system design cannot generate enough friction for a given road surface to stop the car in 100 feet after brake application, that’s a real limitation. If a car cannot corner at more than .9g due to a combination of suspension design and road conditions, that, also, is reality. Regardless how talented a NASCAR driver may be, if his race car is inadequate, he’s not going to win races.
- At the same time, if a car driver (or pilot) is tired, drugged, distracted, etc. their reflex time becomes too slow to react in a timely fashion to unexpected direction changes of moving obstacles, or the sudden appearance of fixed obstacles. Many car “accidents” result from drunk driving due to reflex time and/or judgment impairment. Average reflex time takes between 150 & 300ms. http://tinyurl.com/nsrx75n
- In robotic systems, “human reflex time” is known as Worst Case Execution Time (WCET). Historically, in computer systems engineering, WCET of a computational task is the maximum length of time the task could take to execute on a specific hardware platform. In big data, this is the time to load up the data to be processed, processed, and then outputted into useful distillations, summaries, or common sense insights. GeckoSystems’ basic AI self-guidance navigation system processes 147 megabytes of data per second using low cost, Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) Single Board Computers (SBC’s).
- Highly trained and skilled jet fighter pilots have a reflex time (WCET) of less than 120ms. Their “eye to hand” coordination time is a fundamental criterion for them to be successful jet fighter pilots. The same holds true for all high performance forms of transportation that are sufficiently pushing the limits of the Laws of Physics to require the quickest possible reaction time for safe human control and/or usage.
- GeckoSystems’ WCET is less than 100ms, or as quick, or quicker than most gifted jet fighter pilots, NASCAR race car drivers, etc. while using low cost COTS and SBC’s
- In mobile robotic guidance systems, WCET has 3 fundamental components.
- Sufficient Field Of View (FOV) with appropriate granularity, accuracy, and update rate.
- Rapid processing of that contextual data such that common sense responses are generated.
- Timely physical execution of those common sense responses.
In order for any companion robot to be utilitarian for family care, it must be a “three legged milk stool.” For any mobile robot to move in close proximity to humans, it must have (1) human quick reflex time to avoid moving and/or unmapped obstacles, (2) verbal interaction with a sense of date and time, and (3) the ability to automatically find and follow designated parties such that verbal interaction can occur routinely with video and audio monitoring of the care receiver uninterrupted.
At this time, there are approximately 2,200,000 million Japanese over 65 living alone. Their greatest fear is to die alone and that their demise not be known to others for a few days. For this reason and many others, the Japanese government pays 90% of the cost of personal robots used for eldercare such that concern would be well addressed. Further, the Japanese government is paying 75% of the R&D costs to develop robotic healthcare solutions for greater productivity to provide more economic care giving for their extraordinarily large senior population. This recent article further underscores Japan’s commitment to eldercare capable, ‘welfare’ robots: “Japan govt to urge nursing care robot development” http://tinyurl.com/oehxdba
“We are very much looking forward to meet with Mr. Spencer and discuss the large Japanese market for ‘welfare robots,'” stated Mr. Takashi Nabeta, CEO, ICCL.
GeckoSystems has already done primary market research, focus group market research, and the most extensive in home personal robot trials in the world.
Due to GeckoSystems’ world’s first in home personal mobile robot trials that have been conducted and documented, management is confident they have the “right stuff” to be very synergistic with ICCL, as does ICCL, in readily satisfying the Japanese government’s requirements for an eldercare capable mobile robot R&D grant.
GeckoSystems’ world’s first in home trials began in 2009:
In Home Elder Care Robot Trials Begin
GeckoSystems’ Elder Care Robot Trials, Week One
Grandma Reacts to GeckoSystems’ Elder Care Robot Trials
Grandma Interacts During GeckoSystems’ Elder Care Robot Trials
Robot Safety Applauded During GeckoSystems’ Elder Care Robot Trials
GeckoSystems’ Elder Care Robot Trials Reveal Grandma’s Hearing Loss
Continued into 2010:
GeckoSystems’ Elder Care Robot Trials Resume After Holiday Break
GeckoSystems’ Elder Care Robot Trials Revealing Unexpected Family Benefits
GeckoSystems Employs Sensor Fusion in Elder Care Robot Trials
GeckoSystems Discusses Expansion and Duration of Elder Care Robot Trials
GeckoSystems’ Develops New GeckoScheduler(tm) for Elder Care Robot Trials
GeckoSystems’ Representative Comments on Japanese Interest in Elder Care Robot Trials
GeckoSystems’ Elder Care Robot Trials Result in More Japanese Interest
GeckoSystems Improves Elder Care Robot Trials
GeckoSystems Advances Technologies Due to Elder Care Robot Trials
GeckoSystems Improves AI Savant Management Due to Elder Care Robot Trials
GeckoSystems Cost Reduces Sensor Fusion GeckoSPIO(tm) Due to Elder Care Robot Trials
GeckoSystems Releases World’s First Elder Care Robot Trial Videos
GeckoSystems’ CEO Updates Stockholders on Progress Due to Elder Care Robot Trials
GeckoSystems Improves CareBot(tm) Due to Elder Care Robot Trials
GeckoSystems’ Elder Care Robot Trials’ Caregiver Praises New GeckoScheduler(tm)
GeckoSystems’ Elder Care Robot Trial Caregiver Shares New Insights
GeckoSystems’ Elder Care Robot Trial Caregiver “Looks in” on Mother While Shopping
GeckoSystems Improves Sensor Fusion Due to Elder Care Robot Trials
GeckoSystems Advances Artificial Intelligence Due to Elder Care Robot Trials
GeckoSystems Reduces Sensor Fusion Costs Due to Elder Care Robot Trials
GeckoSystems’ Sensor Fusion Breakthrough Lowers Personal Robot Costs
The benefit of a companion robot capable of safely running errands and/or automatically following the care receiver requires real time sense and avoid of moving and/or unmapped obstacles. This is a functional necessity for a sufficient value proposition for ready adoption and sales. This linchpin requirement is why ICCL is jointly submitting with GeckoSystems.
GeckoSystems developed their SafePath(tm) AI mobile robot navigation technologies some years ago to address those very important requirements for any mobile robot to be truly utilitarian (convenient like a home appliance), while being cost effective, with their breakthrough AI mobile robot technology, GeckoNav(tm).
Prior to this agreement to form a JV to jointly migrate GeckoSystems AI mobile robot self-driving solutions to the Japanese marketplace, ICCL signed an NDA with GeckoSystems that includes this necessary Safety Clause:
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Both parties understand and agree with the general concerns that mobile robot solutions may be used to lethally harm persons, other living things, property, and a country’s infrastructure if terrorists, criminals, or other private or public enemies of peace, security, and tranquility were to secure access to and/or use of them. Therefore, both parties completely agree that MSR safety is of the greatest importance in the utilization of MSR technologies. All MSR technologies shared by both parties in any manner will be treated with the utmost secrecy and respect due to that reality and potential.
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GeckoSystems has been acknowledged routinely by an internationally recognized market research firm one or more time in each of the last five years and being anywhere from the top one in three to the top one in eight in the world in service robotics.
2015: GeckoSystems Featured as One of Five Key Vendors in Mobile Robotics Market
2014: GeckoSystems Featured as One of Six Key Market Players in Mobile Robotics Industry
2013: GeckoSystems, an AI Mobile Robot Company, Receives 1 of 3 Recognition
2012: GeckoSystems Named One of Eight Key Market Players in Service Robotics Industry
While GeckoSystems’ AI mobile robot solutions have been largely unnoticed in the US, many ongoing negotiations continue in Japan and Europe due to the company’s AI mobile robot solutions robust utility and portability to virtually any and all forms of mobile robots whether air, land, or sea. That includes drones, self-driving cars, and essentially all mobility systems requiring complete safety from hitting any obstacles in those situations in which the reflexes of a highly skilled and experienced jet fighter pilot could readily evade.
GeckoSystems has had their safety clause Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA) with iXs Research Corp. since April of 2013 and with Fubright Communications, Ltd. since April of 2015. IC Corp. Ltd. has been under NDA since December of 2015.
“During these unforeseen delays, due to the continued hard work of two of our Japanese representatives, Mssrs. Fujii Katsuji and Tsunenori Kato, CEO, Ifoo Company Limited, we have again achieved demonstrable progress securing viable licensing agreements in Japan. This latest, one of several being negotiated, is particularly significant due to the breadth, depth and heritage of this nearly 100-year-old Japanese trading company,” stated Spencer.
Both companies are certain that their advanced mobile service robot will contribute to Japan’s rapidly aging society by helping seniors live safer and easier and will be recognized by the Japanese reviewers by their approval of this $1,000,000 grant submission.
Recently, a premier Japanese government trade organization has expressed interest in assisting GeckoSystems exporting to the Japanese market. A near term meeting in Atlanta, Georgia is being scheduled to learn their probable level of assistance.
“Certainly, on both sides of the Pacific, we are doing as much as is prudent and/or feasible to maximize the benefit of the monetary costs and time in going to Japan. This demonstration being performed prior to my arrival allows us to proceed in our multi-faceted negotiations forthwith during my stay there. After many years of patience by our current 1300+ stockholders, they can continue to be completely confident that the present management will update them routinely and to work to maximize their investments in GeckoSystems, whether by organic growth or being acquired at a rewarding premium,” concluded Spencer.
Recent third party market research:
Robotic systems are looked at as the future assistants that are designed to help people to do what they want to do in a natural and spontaneous manner. Moreover, with the emergence of ubiquitous computing and communication environments, robots will be able to call upon an unlimited knowledge base and coordinate their activities with other devices and systems. Additionally, the growing spread of ubiquitous computing will lead to robot technologies being embedded into ubiquitous ICT networks to become human agents of physical actions, enhancing and extending the physical capabilities and senses.
The report focuses on giving a detailed view of the complete service robotics industry with regards to the professional and personal applications as well as the geography market. Apart from the market segmentation, the report also includes the critical market data and qualitative information for each product type along with the qualitative analysis; such as Porter’s Five Force analysis, market time-line analysis, industry breakdown analysis, and value chain analysis. The global service robotics market is estimated to reach up to $19.41 billion by 2020 growing at a CAGR of 21.5% from 2014 to 2020.
Worldwide Service Robot Market 2018 Analysis & Forecasts Report
The report recognizes the following companies as the key players in the Global Service Robot Market: GeckoSystems Intl. Corp., Honda Motor Co. Ltd., iRobot Corp. and Toyota Motor Corp.
From Forbes:
Investors Take Note, The Next Big Thing Will Be Robots
BusinessInsider makes some key points:
* The multibillion-dollar global market for robotics, long dominated by industrial and logistics uses, has begun to see a shift toward new consumer and office applications. There will be a $1.5 billion market for consumer and business robots by 2019.
* The market for consumer and office robots will grow at a CAGR of 17% between 2014 and 2019, seven times faster than the market for manufacturing robots.
Note: BusinessInsider.com ‘s forecasts do not include pent up demand for family care social robots anywhere in the world.
About GeckoSystems:
GeckoSystems has been developing innovative robotic technologies for over eighteen years. It is CEO Martin Spencer’s dream to make people’s lives better through AI robotic technology.
An overview of GeckoSystems’ progress containing over 700 pictures and 120 videos can be found at http://www.geckosystems.com/timeline/.
These videos illustrate the development of the technology that makes GeckoSystems a world leader in Service Robotics development. Early CareBot prototypes were slower and frequently pivoted in order to avoid a static or dynamic obstacle; later prototypes avoided obstacles without pivoting. Current CareBots avoid obstacles with a graceful “bicycle smooth” motion. The latest videos also depict the CareBot’s ability to automatically go faster or slower depending on the amount of clutter (number of obstacles) within its field of view. This is especially important when avoiding moving obstacles in “loose crowd” situations like a mall or an exhibit area.
In addition to the timeline videos, GeckoSystems has numerous YouTube videos. The most popular of which are the ones showing room-to-room automatic self-navigation of the CareBot through narrow doorways and a hallway of an old 1954 home. You will see the CareBot slow down when going through the doorways because of their narrow width and then speed up as it goes across the relatively open kitchen area. There are also videos of the SafePath(tm) wheelchair, which is a migration of the CareBot AI centric navigation system to a standard power wheelchair, and recently developed cost effective depth cameras were used in this recent configuration. SafePath navigation is now available to OEM licensees and these videos show the versatility of GeckoSystems’ fully autonomous navigation solution.
The company has successfully completed an Alpha trial of its CareBot personal assistance robot for the elderly. It was tested in a home care setting and received enthusiastic support from both caregivers and care receivers. The company believes that the CareBot will increase the safety and well being of its elderly charges while decreasing stress on the caregiver and the family.
CareBot has incorporated Microsoft Kinect depth cameras that result in a significant cost reduction.
Kinect Enabled Personal Robot video
Above, the CareBot demonstrates static and dynamic obstacle avoidance as it backs in and out of a narrow and cluttered alley. There is no joystick control or programmed path; movements are smoother that those achieved using a joystick control. GeckoNav creates three low levels of obstacle avoidance: reactive, proactive, and contemplative. Subsumptive AI behavior within GeckoNav enables the CareBot to reach its target destination after engaging in obstacle avoidance.
More information on the CareBot AI mobile companion robot:
http://www.geckosystems.com/markets/CareBot.php
GeckoSystems stock is quoted in the U.S. over-the-counter (OTC) markets under the ticker symbol GOSY. http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/GOSY/quote
GeckoSystems uses LinkedIn and Twitter as its primary social media site for investor updates.
Spencer’s LinkedIn.com profile Spencer tweets as @GrandpaRobot
Telephone:
Main number: +1 678-413-9236
Fax: +1 678-413-9247
Website: http://www.geckosystems.com/
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Statements regarding financial matters in this press release other than historical facts are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company intends that such statements about the Company’s future expectations, including future revenues and earnings, technology efficacy and all other forward-looking statements be subject to the Safe Harbors created thereby. The Company is a development stage firm that continues to be dependent upon outside capital to sustain its existence. Since these statements (future operational results and sales) involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change at any time, the Company’s actual results may differ materially from expected results.
Source: GeckoSystems Intl. Corp.
