Comments on: 2007 Robot Of The Year http://www.botjunkie.com/2008/01/24/2007-robot-of-the-year/ Jonesing For Robot News Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:38:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Erik J http://www.botjunkie.com/2008/01/24/2007-robot-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-598 Erik J Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:47:30 +0000 http://www.botjunkie.com/2008/01/24/2007-robot-of-the-year/#comment-598 When I saw this back in January I thought of the <a href="http://www.botjunkie.com/2008/03/20/abb-flexpicker-robot-scares-the-croissants-out-of-me/" rel="nofollow">ABB FlexPicker</a> that you mentioned in march. I remember seeing an early prototype of the ABB picker and this one really is nothing compared. Sadly I couldn't find it, it's pretty well hidden on ABBs homepage. But then again it's probably just my nationalistic streak. When I saw this back in January I thought of the ABB FlexPicker that you mentioned in march. I remember seeing an early prototype of the ABB picker and this one really is nothing compared. Sadly I couldn’t find it, it’s pretty well hidden on ABBs homepage.

But then again it’s probably just my nationalistic streak.

]]> By: Evan Ackerman http://www.botjunkie.com/2008/01/24/2007-robot-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-431 Evan Ackerman Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:17:43 +0000 http://www.botjunkie.com/2008/01/24/2007-robot-of-the-year/#comment-431 In principle, sure. But it's going pretty fast, and getting it to make reliable decisions consistently in a variety of environments is no easy task... It's able to work unsupervised 24/7 indefinitely. In principle, sure. But it’s going pretty fast, and getting it to make reliable decisions consistently in a variety of environments is no easy task… It’s able to work unsupervised 24/7 indefinitely.

]]> By: Eggshell Robotics http://www.botjunkie.com/2008/01/24/2007-robot-of-the-year/comment-page-1/#comment-430 Eggshell Robotics Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:12:42 +0000 http://www.botjunkie.com/2008/01/24/2007-robot-of-the-year/#comment-430 Well, as far as I can see, that task is not that difficult. At least it is just an object detection and a align engine involved. Or am I wrong here? Well, as far as I can see, that task is not that difficult. At least it is just an object detection and a align engine involved. Or am I wrong here?

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