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Technology: Baxter – The Robot That Will Change Manufacturing (Video)

October 3, 2012

Above is a demonstration video for a new kind of factory robot, Baxter, built by Rodney Brooks and his company Rethink Robotics. Industrial robots, to date, have been very limited in function and very expensive. Enter Baxter, a low-cost robot programmed to work in flexible ways that mimic human laborers… all the way down to facial expressions. But Brooks insists that Baxter will not replace human workers; only the clunky machines they currently work with. Melissa Kennedy of Atlanta Career Path posts:

Because they require a huge investment and aren’t able to deal with even slight changes in work flow, [current] manufacturing robots aren’t a good choice for completing repetitive tasks. They present significant safety hazards and are required to be separated from the human workforce by cages or safety glass. Because of this, robotics hasn’t been a viable option for most small manufacturers or warehouses… Now, that is all changing… Baxter, a new robot with common sense… is a low-cost robot that has the potential to change the face of manufacturing.

– @ojones1
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