AI integrates with drones, smartphones to help 5G along

AI in Healthcare June 23, 2020
Dave Pearson

Engineers have combined two emerging technologies—worker drones and task-oriented AI—to accelerate the adoption of a third: 5G mobile networks.

The industry giant behind the effort, Samsung, has posted a video and text description of the innovation.

The demonstration shows the purpose of the project is making sure 5G antennas are positioned at the best angles for optimized performance.

This is an important detail, as approximately 10 to 15% of antennas around the world are out of position, not uncommonly by as much as 10 degrees from their intended configurations, according to the video’s narrator.

The faulty mounting sometimes traces to improper initial installation and sometimes to subsequent natural forces like hurricanes, tornadoes or earthquakes.

Samsung’s solution is to equip a...

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