page_title: Jani Hirvinen
section_title: Planet 5.0
hierarchical_section_title: Jani Hirvinen / Visions / Planet 5.0
caption_attribution_description: English: This artist's concept features NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover, a mobile robot for investigating Mars' past or present ability to sustain microbial life. Curiosity landed near the Martian equator about 10:31 p.m., Aug. 5 PDT (1:31 a.m. Aug. 6 EDT) In this picture, the rover examines a rock on Mars with a set of tools at the end of the rover's arm, which extends about 7 feet (2 meters). Two instruments on the arm can study rocks up close. A drill can collect sample material from inside of rocks and a scoop can pick up samples of soil. The arm can sieve the samples and deliver fine powder to instruments inside the rover for thorough analysis. The mast, or rover's "head," rises to about 6.9 feet (2.1 meters) above ground level, about as tall as a basketball player. This mast supports two remote-sensing science instruments: the Mast Camera, or "eyes," for stereo color viewing of surrounding terrain and material collected by the arm; and, the Chemistry and Camera instrument, which uses a laser to vaporize a speck of material on rocks up to about 23 feet (7 meters) away and determines what elements the rocks are made of. Español: Impresión artística de Curiosity, un astromóvil de NASA diseñado para investigar la capacidad pasada o presente de Marte de sostener vida microbiana. En esta imagen, el astromóvil examina una roca con una serie de herramientas en el extremo de su brazo robótico. Polski: Artystyczna koncepcja będącego częścią misji NASA Mars Science Laboratory łazika Curiosity, ruchomego robota, którego zadaniem jest zbadanie możliwości utrzymania na&#160;Marsie życia mikroorganizmów w&#160;przeszłości i&#160;obecnie. Na&#160;tym rysunku łazik bada skałę na&#160;Marsie za&#160;pomocą narzędzi zamocowanych na&#160;końcu jego ramienia. Tiếng Việt: Hình vẽ minh họa robot thám hiểm tự hành (rover) mang tên Curiosity đã đổ bộ lên sao Hỏa ngày 6 tháng 8 năm 2012, trong dự án Phòng thí nghiệm khoa học Sao Hỏa. Українська: Художня інтерпритація вигляду марсохода «К'юріосіті». Марсохід є пересувним роботом, який досліджує можливість існування мікробіологічного життя на Марсі. На цьому зображенні він досліджує камінь на поверхні Марсу за допомогою набору інструментів, який встановлений на кінці двометрового маніпулятора. Čeština: Koncept průzkumného vesmírného vozítka agentury NASA - Curiosity rover, určeného pro průzkum Marsu, mobilního robota pro hledání minulých nebo současných stop mikrobiálního života na planetě. Na fotografii zkoumá horninu (kámen) pomocí sady nástrojů na konci pohyblivé robotické ruky. Magyar: A NASA Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover látványterve, amint egy mobil robot a Marson a múltbeli vagy jelenlegi mikrobiális élet lehetőségét vizsgálja Italiano: Un concept artistico del robot Curiosity del Mars Science Laboratory della NASA; un robot mobile dedicato all'esplorazione di Marte e della possibilità che il pianeta rosso abbia potuto ospitare la vita microbica. Nell'immagine, il rover esamina una roccia marziana con strumenti del suo braccio meccanico. 한국어: 화성의 과거 또는 현재에 미생물 생명체가 살아갈 수 있는 역량을 조사하는 미국 항공우주국의 과학 실험실 큐리오시티 로버의 개념 그림. 그림에서 큐리오시티 로버는 화성의 한 바위를 로버 팔 끝의 한 묶음의 도구들을 사용하여 조사하고 있다. Македонски: Замисла за возилото „Љубопитност“ (Curiosity) на НАСА со задача да ја испитува можноста за присуство на микроорганизми на Марс во минатото и сегашноста. Nederlands: Artistieke impressie van Curiosity, een onbemand mobiel laboratorium van NASA dat onderzoek verricht op de planeet Mars Português: Representação artística do Curiosity, um rover planetário da NASA desenhado para investigar a capacidade passada ou presente de Marte de sustentar vida microbiana.
context_page_description: Jani Hirvinen is one of the early Finnish IT-technology pioneers. Hirvinen is also one of the first ones developing small private sector professional level UAVs. He is among the top developers of the ArduCopter platform that - together with the included autopilot - changed the way drones are being flown all over the world. He is also the co-founder of famous international unmanned institutions ArduPilot, DIYDrones and DroneCode.
  On top of being a developer, Hirvinen is also a visionary. According to him, we are facing Planet 5.0, an era transforming us to work and live differently in terms of logistics, transportation and human interaction. This will also open doors for us to explore planets far beyond ours.
context_section_description: Hirvinen sees unmanned industry already getting to the mainstream. He calls this new era Planet 5.0.
  Unmanned technology seems to already be everywhere. Tesla Roadster has become an artificial satellite of our sun, human-sized robots achieve difficult parkour moves, and we have witnessed the beginning of unmanned technology on retail level. First fully automated hamburger shops and unmanned grocery stores have already been launched in several countries.
  According to Hirvinen, e-commerce is becoming more and more popular. It has put the delivery systems under new type of pressure, because humans cannot handle fast and economically efficient volumes anymore.
  To cope with the new challenges, unmanned logistics centers are becoming popular, and unmanned “postal robots” are helping sort out huge amounts of packets daily.
  Hirvinen predicts that because of all the new technology, we will soon be working and living differently in terms of logistics, transportation, and human interaction. This era will eventually lead us far beyond our current planet.
  One big challenge for us to overcome is how to improve the battery technology, which limits operational distances. But also this is only a temporary challenge that Hirvinen believes will eventually be resolved.
  A big transformation has already started, especially in Asia. Many of the Asian countries can adapt new technologies a lot faster than most of the western countries.
  Shenzhen is a good example of this. 25 years ago it was a tiny fishing village. Now, this city of over 10 million people is the leader in electronics, robotics and unmanned vehicles.
caption: According to Hirvinen, UVs will lead us beyond our own planet.
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