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I’d love to work on the AI side of this. Are there any good arms I can buy for not too expensive and start trying out ideas? Could I really have a pick_up_obje
by mrfusion 6y ago
I’d love to work on the AI side of this. Are there any good arms I can buy for not too expensive and start trying out ideas?
Could I really have a pick_up_object() start up? There’s actually demand for that?
- bArray 6y agoI would suggest picking up a small, cheap arm first. There are a few you can control via Arduino. Look at one with an MG958 15kg metal gear servo you can already pick up some small objects. One you go to a large, heavy arm you need more powerful and precise motors, and the cost of mistakes dramatically increases (monetarily and physical damage).
- bArray 6y agoRegarding a startup, there is quite a demand in manufacturing. I hear investors will throw money at projects that promise such things, but there isn't much scope for "real" AI as such.
- contingencies 6y ago"Picking" in manufacturing is a well studied and basically well solved problem. It only becomes challenging when generic solutions are required: "pick up this bowling ball or this egg or this living chicken or this living plant with the same system, while maintaining a high speed and constrained motion envelope".
- detaro 6y agoProbably more in logistics space, e.g. for retailer warehouses with many different products.
- ipnon 6y agoThe TinkerKit Braccio robotic arm seems a reasonable entry point. https://store.arduino.cc/usa/tinkerkit-braccio https://store.arduino.cc/usa/tinkerkit-braccio
- kekeblom 6y agoAs for pick_up_object() startups, there are: - https://picknik.ai/ https://picknik.ai/ - https://covariant.ai/ https://covariant.ai/ - https://www.righthandrobotics.com/ https://www.righthandrobotics.com/ - https://lyro.io/ https://lyro.io/ - https://www.universallogic.com/ https://www.universallogic.com/ and probably others.