Ikea-bots build coffee tables... so you don't have to

• Autores: Hal Hodson
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2915, 2013, pág. 24
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Ross Knepper of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) devised the system so that two cooperating robots can split the task between them. One holds each table leg in position and the other screws it into place with a gripper on the end of its arm. The MIT team employs two mobile robots with arms, called Kuka youBots. The pair follow a robot-friendly blueprint which is automatically generated from the software files that describe the flat-pack furniture people have purchased. Right now the robots can only get to work on the lack range of coffee tables, but the MIT team is planning to expand their repertoire.