Baxter
student created summary:
by Taylor M.
yes, Baxter is a robot. This is because he has all of the attributes of a robot. A example of this is that he does have a body, which is one attribute of a robot. Another example of Baxter being a robot is that he has a brain in his chest that sends the information too other parts of his body,“Baxter runs on the open-source Robot Operating System on a regular, personal computer which is embedded in its chest”. He also has sensors, which is another parts that robots need,”Baxter also has sensors surrounding its head that allows it to sense people nearby.” Baxter has actuators also since he uses his arms too move objects around. Instead of normal programming, Baxter is programmed normally, however, if you need too move his arm too pick something up, you just need too move his hand in the direction that the object is at and will repeat that action until it is done. Finally, Baxter is a robot because he does what he told too do depending on his program. In conclusion, Baxter is a robot because he has all of the attributes a robot has.
student created summary:
by Payton M.
Baxter The Industrial Robot
Baxter is an industrial robot predecessor sawyer built by Rethink Robotics, A start-up company founded by Rodney Brooks. It was introduced in September 20012 the robot is 3 feet tall, without pedestals he is 5’10” and with pedestals he is 6’3”. Baxter is a 2 armed robot with an animated face. It is and intelligent robot that works in companies and helps placing things and helps making things for industrial companies.
Baxter delivers on that promise,with a number of unique features and benefits that distinguish it from traditional industrial automation. Baxter runs from a program and listens to the program. Baxter is a proven industrial automation solution for a wide range of tasks, from line loading and machine tending, to packaging and material handling.
If you walk the floor of a facility and see monotonous or dangerous tasks, then baxter is ready to get to work. For decades, manufactures have had very few cost-effective options for low volume, high mix production jobs.Then came Baxter – the safe, flexible, affordable alternative to fixed automation. Companies globally have integrated Baxter into their workforce, and gained a competitive advantage. Baxter weighs 165 pounds without pedestals and 306 with the pedestals. Many universities are now using Baxter as part of their courses within Robotics, Mechanical Engineering and Computational Sciences to give students the experience using current robotics technology to provide practical applications in the real world.Baxter has a base-price of $25,000 the equivalent of an average US production worker's annual salary. In addition, no programming or software engineer is needed to program Baxter Robotics also sells additional parts, such as an electric parallel gripper, a vacuum cup gripper and the mobile pedestal, to add to a customer's Baxter, as well as extended warranties.