Monthly Archive: October 2012
Oct 22 2012
NRG Team Picture
Oct 17 2012
Reminder: Team photo Thursday night – Wear your team shirt!
Reminder: We’re taking a team photo Thursday night at 7:00 pm. Please remember to wear your team shirt (or a black shirt)!!!
Oct 15 2012
Interesting Article on “Robot Worker”
Here’s an interesting article from an IEEE Spectrum Tech Alert (use link at end to see whole article and photos):
How Rethink Robotics Built Its New Baxter Robot Worker |
Baxter, an industrial robot from Rethink Robotics based on the vision of Rodney Brooks—possibly the world’s most celebrated roboticist—makes its debut this month. Brooks, who is also the start-up’s founder, chairman, and CTO, is optimistic that Baxter will unleash a revolution in manufacturing because of the many ways in which it is unlike any other industrial robot. Its two arms, each with seven degrees of freedom, don’t move with superhuman speed and precision. But the machine adapts to changes in its environment, and can be programmed to take on a new task by a person with no robotics experience. And while a traditional two-armed robot, including sensors and programming, will typically set you back hundreds of thousands of dollars, Baxter costs just US $22 000. http://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/industrial-robots/rethink-robotics-baxter-robot-factory-worker