Meet Baxter

Hi, today I want to talk to you about robots. Not just ordinary robots, but robots that are getting closer to artificial intelligence faster than you can image. I am talking about Baxter and his counterpart Sawyer. Both robots were engineered by Adaptive Robotics. Adaptive Robotics has taken robotic engineering to a new level with Artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence or (AI) is becoming one of the most widely used, but often misunderstood terms in technology today. Using groundbreaking Intera platform, which is intuitive software in today’s robotics industry standards. Baxter and Sawyer are powered by; this simple interface which allows your existing staff to teach the robot by demonstration.

Baxter’s expression says it all, it indicates his status and where his focus is. The crown of Baxter’s head has a ring of sonar sensors which allows Baxter to sense when people are nearby. Sensors built into the arms and hands of the Baxter; allows collision detection and gives the ability to see objects he is interacting with. The diagram below shows further details about Baxter.

With conventional robots, the cost of programming and implementing your strategies in a work environment can be 3-5 times the investment. By removing traditional barriers associated with conventional robots, deploying our robots, will result in a streamline process that is easy to implement. Reducing cost, maintenance and downtime. Baxter and Sawyer can be used to for a variety of task, which encompasses many business models. Whether it is machine tending, packaging, ECM automation, kitting, material handling, or loading and unloading our robots can get the job done. With our extensible software platform and implantation of our robots, you company can start seeing returns on your investment within 4 months, especially on a large scale deployment.

                                    You can check out Adaptive Robotics by clicking here.

I recently became aware of Baxter at the Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry Robot Revolution exhibit. I took my children with and I must say Baxter beat us all separately three out of four times playing Tic-Tac-Toe. Baxter was definitely our favorite robot. For more on the exhibit, check out the video from Techaeris.