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Flipkart Deploys 100 Automated Robots In Its Bengaluru Delivery Hub Flipkart has deployed a swarm of 100 odd robots to help sort packages at one of its delivery hubs in the outskirts of Bengaluru. The robots, dubbed automated guided vehicles (AGVs), pick products from a conveyor belt, scan them and then drop them down a chute that’s assigned to a particular pin code. As of now, Flipkart’s robots are able to sort nearly 4,500 packages in an hour which is reportedly ten times more than a single human would achieve at the same time.     Click  HERE  to know more. ISRO to launch electronic intelligence satellite ‘ Emisat ’ ISRO would be using a PSLV rocket with four strap-on motors. For the first time, it will be trying to orbit the rocket at three different altitudes. The main passenger of the PSLV rocket will be DRDO's electronic intelligence satellite 'Emisat'. The satellite alone weighs about 420 kg. After launching Emisat at an altitude...

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ACCIDENT AND SPEED TRAP FEATURE IN GOOGLE MAPS Google Maps has started rolling out a feature that lets users report accidents and speed traps while navigating to their destinations The new feature, which is inspired by speed trap and accident reporting options on navigation app Waze, was initially spotted last year However, it appears that Google has now brought the new update for its users globally Click  HERE to know more. GOOGLE'S LOOKOUT APP FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED The app uses AI to identify objects through your phone’s camera It can also read the text in signs and labels, scan barcodes, and identify currencies Luckily, this isn’t the first time already Microsoft launched an app with very similar functionality named Seeing AI in 2017  Click  HERE to know more MOZILLA'S FIREFOX SENT - A FREE ENCRYPTED FILE TRANSFER SERVICE Mozilla has launched Firefox Send, a free file sharing service where users can upload files to the service and then share t...