Friendly robot Sawyer by Rethink Robotics Bashny.Net

Company producing robots Rethink Robotics famous industrial robot Baxter , which is designed specifically to work on the assembly lines. He adapts and learns, and to surpass the speed of any person.

Sawyer - a new generation of robots on the same platform as the Baxter. And he has the same screen with a friendly attractive face.



Robot with a robotic arm designed to work on the assembly electronics and other devices requiring high precision manipulation.

Sawyer borrowed from the predecessor system of integrated sensors and self-learning mechanism. It uses the same software platform Intera, so it can dynamically adjust to the necessary requirements, as humans do. The software is updated every four months, so the robot constantly emerging new abilities.



According to the manufacturer, Baxter and Sawyer together can cover 90% of all jobs that can not be automated by existing methods.



Sawyer weighs 19 kg and a payload reaches 4 kg. In manipulator "seven degrees of freedom," says producer (it is not clear what degree of freedom we have in mind), and the range of 1 meter.

Feature Sawyer - high precision movement of the manipulator, which was made possible thanks to built-in "head" of the chamber illuminated with a system of pattern recognition. The software recognizes the different objects and can, for example, to scan bar codes.



Sawyer is sold at a retail price of $ 29 thousand. (Baxter was worth $ 22 thousand.). Such a machine can buy not only industry, but also rich citizens. For example, that he was preparing food and perform other homework. For example, the mechanical arm is able to collect furniture, stroking the cat and do other important things.

Source: geektimes.ru/post/247716/