The Jet Propulsion Laboratory designs and creates some of the most advanced space robotics ever imagined. JPL IT is now innovating to help streamline how JPLers will work in the future in order to design, build, operate, and support these spacecraft. They hope to dramatically improve JPLers' workflows and make their work easier for them by enabling simple voice conversations with the room and the equipment across the entire enterprise.
What could this look like? Imagine just talking with the conference room to configure it. What if you could kick off advanced queries across AWS services and kick off AWS Kinesis tasks by simply speaking the commands? What if the laboratory could speak to you and warn you about anomalies or notify you of trends across your AWS infrastructure? What if you could control rovers by having a conversation with them and ask them questions? In this session, JPL will demonstrate how they leveraged AWS Lambda, DynamoDB and CloudWatch in their prototypes of these use cases and more. They will also discuss some of the technical challenges they are overcoming, including how to deploy and manage consumer devices such as the Amazon Echo across the enterprise, and give lessons learned. Join them as they use Alexa to query JPL databases, control conference room equipment and lights, and even drive a rover on stage, all with nothing but the power of voice!
4. The Internet of Things is emerging as the third wave in the life-cycle of the Internet. Its growth is enabling new and expanded businesses
while also powering revenue generation, productivity and cost savings and consumer engagement.
‘11 ‘19‘15
OVER 60 MM CARS
Connected Car Penetration
2020 Projections
Source: IDC Goldman Sachs Investment Research
45 MM HOMES
Connected Home Install Base
2017 Projections driving over $12 BN in Revenue/Year
Source: Berg Insight
$20 BN/YEAR
Wearable Market Revenue Generation
2017 Projections
Source: IDC Goldman Sachs
Investment Research
Source: Gartner; Goldman Sachs
Investment Research
28 BILLION “THINGS” BY 2019
E N A B L I N G T H E F U T U R E
6. We also recently launched
Fire TV with Alexa integrated
directly into the device.
Simplifying everyday actions
with voice on new and familiar
devices.
& F I R E T VM E E T E C H O
The First
Alexa
Endpoints
The Echo is the first and best-known
endpoint of the Alexa
Ecosystem…The Echo was built to
make life
easier and more enjoyable.
8. Create Great Content:
ASK is how you connect
to your consumer
H O W I T W O R K S
Supported by two powerful frameworks
A L E X A
V O I C E
S E R V I C E
Unparalleled Distribution:
AVS allows your content
to be everywhere
Lives in the cloud
Automated speech recognition
(ASR)
Natural language
understanding (NLU)
Always learning
A L E X A
S K I L L S
K I T
11. Are we alone?
How do we protect Mother Earth?
How do we divert an asteroid?
Can we find Earth 2.0?
Is/was there life on Mars?
How did the Universe form? Where is it headed?
12. Methodology and Agenda
1. Predict human behavior to tell us what is worth trying
2. Forecast the relevant technologies
3. Prototype and demo them quickly with relevant
use cases with our own data to gain feedback
and other collaborators
4. Determine the impact and double down on the
important ones
13. Human Behavior IT Trends, 2015-2018
WHO: INTREPRENEURS • MAKERS • CROWD/PARTNERS • FROM EVERYWHERE AT ANY TIME
HOW: OPEN • AGILE • PROTOTYPING • CROWD SOURCING • CONSUMERIZATION
WHAT: SMART DATA • ANALYTICS • CLOUD • DEEP LEARNING
WHAT: INTERNET OF THINGS • INNOVATION VIA COMBINATIONS
WHAT: NATURAL USER INTERFACES • WEARABLES • CONVERSATION UI
CHALLENGES: CHAOTIC ARCHITECTURE • AUTOMATION • CYBER SECURITY
Foretells what technologies can/will be adopted in the enterprise
14. Predict the key IT disruptors facing us
CONSUMER SPACE ENTERPRISE SPACE
DISRUPTION OF
THE ENTERPRISE
E4
ENGAGE
&
ENABLE
EVERYONE
&
EVERYTHING
15. How can we benefit from the IoT hype and
trends?
Enable rapid
prototyping of
new
combinations
PLATFORMS &
ENABLEMENT
APPLICATIONS
BUILDING
BLOCKS
16. The First of JPL’s Alexa Use Cases
1. Querying / Asking
• Help JPLers (and the general public) find the information faster
2. Commanding / Telling
• Not just a tool for asking questions. Use voice as a trigger
3. Give our robots a voice!
• Interact with computation the same way you interact with a person
18. Querying / Asking
The Challenge:
• Lots of information at JPL. We
have the answers... But where?
• Need more intuitive, faster ways to
ask for (and receive) JPL
information for JPLers
• Conversational platform to leverage
already-existing compute
capabilities
Alexa Solution:
• “JPL Info” skill: information about
JPL for JPLers
• “OCIO Dashboard” skill: query for
information on our current IT status
• NASA Mars Alexa Skill
19. NASA Mars Alexa Skill
<Screenshot of Alexa skill in skill
store>
<Screenshot of NASA Mars
companion webapp>
Available now: Get the latest news from Mars with Alexa!
20. Commanding / Telling
The Challenge:
• Alexa is not just an answer-bot.
• Use voice to trigger complex
actions
• More intuitive interface to device
control
Alexa Solution:
• Device control: projectors, lights,
clean room cranes. (spacecraft??)
• Chat tool integrations
• “Suggestions” skill so any JPLer
can add suggestions on the fly
23. Demos
Here are the use cases we will be demonstrating:
• Demo 1: Ask a Mars question
• Demo 2: Tell Rov-E to drive
• Demo 3: Tell Rov-E to follow
• Demo 4: Build a skill like NASA Mars