Working on many robots over the last 15 years and specifically home robots the last 4; brainstorming new ideas I developed this infographic about the home robot design space. There are some sizes of robot that that are advantageous to build and some sizes you just don’t want to build.
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Rethink Robotics Baxter
Everyone has known that Rodney Brooks new company, Rethink Robotics was going to come out with something big and they have not disappointed. Baxter is a compliant two armed robot that runs ROS, comes with an application stack that allows a non-programmer teach it to perform repetitive tasks and somehow only costs $22k! Recently I’ve been working with some amazing makers on creating a new, robotics focused, hackerspace. The more I look at Baxter, the more I think it’s perfect for a robotics hackerspace. Continue reading Rethink Robotics Baxter