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This isn't getting enough attention. They'll be releasing an sdk in a few months and hoping to start an "app store" like industry. This could potentially be the
by marshallp 14y ago
This isn't getting enough attention. They'll be releasing an sdk in a few months and hoping to start an "app store" like industry. This could potentially be the Netscape moment for service robotics (robots that take over retail shelf stacking, fast food, parts of nursing). Web/App developers should consider learning computer vision/machine learning and get in on this.
- ChuckMcM 14y agoThis is more like the Apple II moment in Service Robotics rather than the Netscape moment. Baxter is a really cool robot, his end effectors are more limited so that will constrain his ability to add value. That said, like the Apple II which opened up computing to a whole lot of folks who would not have considered it something "they" could do, I expect Baxter to open up pick-n-place type robotics to folks who would not have considered this level of automation. My 'stress test' for these robots are that they are cheap enough to separate recyclables accurately on a moving conveyor. In order to do that you need a certain threshold of dexterity and frequency response (speed), so things that can do that can do lots of interesting things.