The New Frontier of Robotics
summary
Robotics shifts from industrial R&D into cheap consumer and cloud-connected products, with big IT players entering and sensors collapsing in price — a Mitsubishi arm is now about $2,000 and Amazon paid roughly $700M for Kiva. Development centers on ROS as de facto standard and cheap platforms: tablet/phone-driven robots, a demonstrated Android+yo-yo RC car <$400, and vacuum cleaners with laser scanners that map rooms. Prototypes include telepresence units, an autonomous follower using OpenCV, and phone-run neural controllers; many demos work but robust, privacy-safe products remain rare.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:26Overview
- 4:43Hype
- 8:42Development Platforms
- 11:34ARvest
- 13:51humanoids
- 20:28funding
- 21:45my own project
- 24:24human androids
- 25:37privacy
- 28:15legislation
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