Meet iRobot Founder Rodney Brooks's New Industrial Bot, Baxter

Posted by timothy on Tuesday September 18, 2012 @02:08AM from the only-knows-one-song dept.

First time accepted submitter moon_unit2 writes "Technology Review has the scoop on a new industrial robot created by famed robotics researcher Rodney Brooks. The robot, Baxter, is completely safe, extremely adaptable, and ridiculously easy to program. By providing a way to automate simple manufacturing work, it could help make U.S. manufacturers compete with Chinese companies that rely on low-cost human labor. You can see the new robot in action in a related video of the robot in action and Brooks discussing its potential." $22 thousand and shipping next month, goes the story.

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I, for one, welcome... by Neil_Brown · 2012-09-18 02:13 · Score: 1, Redundant

... our new robotic overlords.
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Re:Meet Dice, slashdot's new corporate overlord by onyxruby · 2012-09-18 03:25 · Score: 1, Redundant

Anonymous Coward is right. Dice did buy them out for $20 million.