GeckoSystems, an AI Mobile Robotics Co., Updates
Shareholders
CONYERS, GA -- July 21, 2016 -- InvestorsHub NewsWire --
GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. (Pink Sheets: GOSY | http://www.GeckoSystems.com) announced today that not
only did the Company turn a modest profit, a notable international
market research firm identified the Company as one of seven leaders
in the service robotics marketplace, advanced their RICO
litigation, and introduced a new mobile robot concept for public
safety, the Company is also negotiating an investment from a
Japanese trading company and, separately, a joint venture for a
robust robo-nurse next week. For over nineteen years, GeckoSystems
has dedicated itself to development of "AI Mobile Robot Solutions
for Safety, Security and Service(tm)."
Despite only being an initial sale to this JV partner, the
$121,700 in gross revenue garners GeckoSystems a net profit after
taxes for the quarter ending June 30 of $21,003. This sale does not
include any software licensing revenues, stated Martin Spencer,
CEO, GeckoSystems Intl. Corp.
Recently, an internationally renowned market research firm,
Research and Markets, again named GeckoSystems as one of the key
market players in the service robotics industry. The report covers
the present scenario and the growth prospects of the Global Mobile
Robotics market for the period 2015-2019. Research and Markets
stated in their report, that they: "forecast the Global Mobile
Robotics market to grow at a CAGR of nearly sixteen percent over
the period 2015-2019." The report has been prepared based on an
in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts and
covers the Americas, the APAC, and the EMEA regions. The report is
entitled, Global Professional Service Robotics Market
2015-2019.
Research and Markets lists the following as the key vendors
operating in this market:
Companies mentioned:
AB Electrolux
Blue River Technology
Curexo Technology
Elbit Systems
GeckoSystems
Health Robotics
MAKO Surgical Corp.
GeckoSystems has been recognized by Research and Markets for
several years now and it is the most comprehensive report of the
global service robotics industry to my knowledge. I am pleased that
their experienced market researchers are sufficiently astute to
accept that small service robot firms, such as GeckoSystems, can
nonetheless develop advanced technologies and products as well, or
better, as much larger, multi-billion dollar corporations such as
AB Electrolux, etc.
It is an honor that they recognize the value of the over 100
man-years we have invested in our proprietary AI robotics
Intellectual Properties and my full time work for nearly 20 years
now. Our suite of AI mobile robot solutions is well tested,
portable, and extensible. It is a reality that we could partner
with any other company on that list and provide them with
high-level autonomy for collision free navigation at the lowest
possible cost to manufacture," stated Spencer.
On July 10, 2015, GeckoSystems senior management and majority
stockholders filed a Georgia Racketeer Influence and Corrupt
Organizations (RICO) Act suit in the Rockdale County Superior Court
in Conyers, GA. http://tinyurl.com/qhl3uzu Regarding that RICO
suit against Neil T. Wallace, et al, one of the defendants admitted
last week in their initial Interrogatory responses, that they
discussed with Mr. Wallace their mutual litigation activities to
allegedly, illegally depress the GOSY stock price. The complete,
most recent filing and all exhibits are here: http://tinyurl.com/gou7bcf
The new mobile robot concept is for better, lower cost public
safety. All of those affiliated with the Company share the abject
horror that most Americans are now still trying to process
regarding the recent, indoor (and outdoor) mass shooting and
murdering of tens of innocent victims.
To better manage those 21st century mass shootings, the Company
is offering to prototype and deploy the GeckoNED(tm), a new type of
mobile security robot that is a Non-violent Enforcement Device with
a high level of independent mobile autonomy, sensor rich for
enhanced situational awareness, and ease of teleoperation by
designated public safety personnel.
The following was written by Spencer shortly after the Sandy
Hook mayhem, but not updated since the Pulse nightclub carnage.
Safety for our children is a moral imperative for all
enlightened civilizations. The present proliferation of lethal
weaponry in the form of readily obtainable semi- and full automatic
pistols and rifles has brought increased child safety to nearly
blinding visibility that requires new thinking and solutions for
this long overdue, poorly addressed need in our culture.
Mobile robots could be the most proximate and final deterrent to
those that would harm our children in public schools and other
venues. GeckoSystems has named the mobile robot concept that would
provide yet another barrier between our children and those immoral
individuals intent on doing them significant harm the GeckoNED.
"NED" stands for Non-violent (or non-lethal) Enforcement
Device.
Fundamentally, the GeckoNED (or "NED") is a new type of mobile
sentry robot that would deter, detect, and contain those that would
violently harm our children in their schools. The NED would be a
new type of school mascot that could be customized by the children,
teachers and staff to be a daily part of their school time lives.
The NED would be able to automatically patrol all wheelchair
accessible areas in any school without human oversight or
intervention using GeckoSystems' proven SafePath mobile robot AI
navigation software.
What does? Deters, Detects, and Contains to provide better
Protection-
- Marquee deterrent video and audio surveillance systems
Quick detection using sensor fusion
Deployable multiple non-lethal containment systems
Ready mobile protection systems that are fully tele-operable
remotely
The NED would be a marquee deterrent due to its robust audio and
video surveillance systems employing WiFi LAN data communications
to connect to the school's Internet access. The primary,
high-resolution pan/tilt zoom video camera and professional quality
microphones would be selected such that their features and benefits
are appropriate for the expanses to be "sight and sound" monitored
in the school.
Further enhancing the marquee deterrence, the NED would be
available for direct human tele-operation almost instantly when
direct human control was appropriate and timely due to a clear and
present danger to the children having been identified with a high
level of confidence by the NED's AI enhanced sensor systems. In
addition, cell phone and police band communication capability could
be included using the voice synthesis ability of GeckoChat.
The NED would:
Enable prompt intruder detection using multiple, different
sensor systems (sight, sound and smell) AI fused to produce a one
plus one equals three synergy. This metaphor describes the common
result for GeckoSystems' sensor fusion competencies.
The NED's AI's would sensor fuse:
Augmented Vision
These would include machine
vision, including that visible to the human eye, and that
invisible, such as infra-red (IR) due to body heat, heat from
fired weapons, etc. and
AI software.
Extended Hearing
Frequency response range widened
beyond human hearing, into the ultrasonic using multiple
microphones (omni directional and directional) and AI
software.
Enhanced Smell
Odor detection systems for
appropriate gas detection, whether odorless to human sense of smell
or not with intelligent inhalation system and AI
software.
Singly, and in concert, the preceding systems would detect
unwanted intruders by:
Video surveillance enhanced by AI
object recognition machine vision
In both visible and invisible IR
light spectrums
Audio surveillance enhanced by AI
expert systems
Within and outside human hearing
range, atypical sounds such as
- Gun shots
Breaking glass
Doors being broken down
Students and/or staff stressed voices; screams
Odor and odorless gas
surveillance
Smoke, carbon monoxide, and
natural gas
Potentially odors from:
- Handguns, long guns, rifles
Guns in lockers
Explosives, gun ammunition in lockers
The NED would pre-position ready mobile protection that is fully
tele-operable remotely when atypical situations arise. It would
immediately alert pre-designated parties for human intervention and
direct human control of the NED and its various containment
systems.
The NED's exterior size would be
about thirty inches in diameter and forty-eight inches tall.
Cannot be readily disabled
by small arms fire thus affording cover for students and staff when
the NED places itself between the intruder and all
others.
The NED's shroud could be
bulletproof covering using a combination of Kevlar, ceramic armor,
and/or aluminum plates sufficient for absorbing small
arms fire.
Immediate intervention after
detection resulting from a top speed, in obstacle free hallways, of
up to 20 mph.
SafePath technologies with
obstacle avoidance five to six times faster than a person preclude
NED hitting anything, even when under teleoperation
(direct human) control.
Bull horns, sirens, high power
speaker system and/or other sound projection systems capable of
hitting the threshold of pain.
The NED would have readily deployed, multiple non-lethal
containment systems solely under the control of a designated,
responsible party such as a "watch commander" at the local police
station.
The non-violent and/or non-lethal containment capabilities would
consist of:
Targeted, high volume water
spray
Sleeping gas with directed
dispersement
Irritant sprays, such as pepper
spray, tear gas, etc. with directed dispersement
Acoustical stunners, flash-bangs,
"stun bombs"
Targeted net guns, "projectile
nets"
Targeted sticky foam, an
extremely tacky material carried in compressed form with a
propellant
Targeted electrical stunners
(Tasers)
In addition to providing children and staff in schools a higher
level of safety, the school would now have a new kind of school
mascot, a NED. The covering of the NED could be painted in school
colors, and designed like the school mascot, if desired. For an
example, Huber U. Hunt Elementary School is a tiger. They could
have a tiger design with verbal customized for a pleasing dialect
for the students. The NED's battery recharging pads would be
located at various desirable sentry positions throughout school.
Literally the school's NED would be unique in its use and
appearance in every school.
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The Company is also negotiating an investment from a Japanese
trading company, KISCO Ltd., and those discussions are ongoing.
Next week, the CEO will be flying to New York City to discuss
licensing and/or a joint venture for a robust robo-nurse which is
similar to the CareBot(tm), but larger for commercial
facilities.
We continue to have numerous ongoing joint venture and/or
licensing discussions, not only in Japan, but also in the US. I am
also pleased that as the Service Robotics industry begins to offer
real products to eager markets our capabilities are being
recognized. On another note, while we are waiting for movement from
our Japanese JVs, we nonetheless remain completely committed to
providing our 1300+ shareholders the ROI they deserve. They can
continue to be confident that we expect to be signing numerous
multi-million-dollar licensing agreements to further substantiate
and delineate the reality that GeckoSystems will enjoy additional
licensing revenues to further increase shareholder value,"
concluded Spencer.
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About GeckoSystems:
GeckoSystems has been developing innovative robotic technologies
for nineteen years. It is CEO Martin Spencer's dream to make
people's lives better through AI robotic technologies.
The safety requirement for human quick WCET reflex time in all
forms of mobile robots:
In order to understand the importance of GeckoSystems'
breakthrough, proprietary, and exclusive AI software and why
another Japanese robotics company desires a business relationship
with GeckoSystems, its key to acknowledge some basic realities for
all forms of automatic, non-human intervention, vehicular
locomotion and steering.
1. Laws of Physics such as Conservation of Energy, inertia, and
momentum, limit a vehicles ability to stop or maneuver. If, for
instance, a cars braking system design cannot generate enough
friction for a given road surface to stop the car in 100 feet after
brake application, thats 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, hes not going
to win races.
2. 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
3. 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).
4. 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.
5. 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
6. In mobile robotic guidance systems, WCET has 3 fundamental
components.
a. Sufficient Field of View (FOV) with appropriate granularity,
accuracy, and update rate.
b. Rapid processing of that contextual data such that common
sense responses are generated.
c. Timely physical execution of those common sense
responses.
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In order for any companion robot to be utilitarian for family
care, it must be a "three legged milk stool."
(1) Human quick reflex time to avoid moving and/or unmapped
obstacles, (GeckoNav(tm): http://tinyurl.com/le8a39r)
(2) Verbal interaction (GeckoChat(tm): http://tinyurl.com/nnupuw7) with a sense of date and
time (GeckoScheduler(tm): http://tinyurl.com/kojzgbx), and
(3) Ability to automatically find and follow designated parties
(GeckoTrak(tm): http://tinyurl.com/mton9uh) such that verbal
interaction can occur routinely with video and audio monitoring of
the care receiver is uninterrupted.
An earlier third party verification of GeckoSystems AI centric,
human quick sense and avoidance of moving and/or unmapped obstacles
by one of their mobile robots can be viewed here: http://t.co/NqqM22TbKN
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(tm) navigation is now available to OEM
licensees and these videos show the versatility of GeckoSystems'
fully autonomous navigation solution.
GeckoSystems, Star Wars Technology
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYwQBUXXc3g
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.
GeckoSystems is preparing for Beta testing of the CareBot prior
to full-scale production and marketing. CareBot has recently
incorporated Microsoft Kinect depth cameras that result in a
significant cost reduction.
Kinect Enabled Personal Robot video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn93BS44Das
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 personal assistance 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 http://www.LinkedIn.com as its
primary social media site for investor updates. Here is Spencer's
LinkedIn.com profile:
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/martin-spencer/11/b2a/580
Telephone:
Main number: +1 678-413-9236
Fax: +1 678-413-9247
Website: http://www.geckosystems.com/
Source: GeckoSystems Intl. Corp.
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