"It doesn't happen because the existing robotics solutions effectively require dedicated personnel which management isn't too keen on."
Spot-on. As it stands now, each robot has to be custom-built for its intended purpose. My dream is to have the robotic equivalent of a PC - a general-purpose, consumer-grade, mass-producible robot, that can be easily configured to perform any tasks.
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[ 3.8 ms ] story [ 16.4 ms ] threadIt doesn't happen because the existing robotics solutions effectively require dedicated personnel which management isn't too keen on.
If we could have smaller, more "mac-like" robotics I would expect them to sell like crazy into markets such as that.
Spot-on. As it stands now, each robot has to be custom-built for its intended purpose. My dream is to have the robotic equivalent of a PC - a general-purpose, consumer-grade, mass-producible robot, that can be easily configured to perform any tasks.