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Mark Tilden on “What is the single biggest obstacle preventing robotics from going mainstream?”
Mark Tilden
15 May 2013
From experience, the single biggest obstacle to personal robotic markets is cost, both in money and time. Robots have the disadvantage of being over-promoted in fictional media while over-priced on ...
The great equalizer: How robotics frees manufacturers from consolidating in low-wage nations
John Dulchinos
15 Apr 2013
These days it is hard to read an article about the future of robots that does not include a reference to jobs. As a pure roboticist I object to the constant connection between the two, but as a concer...
Raffaello D’Andrea on “Do robots kill jobs?”
Raffaello D'Andrea
14 Apr 2013
There is no doubt that robots, and automation in general, replace humans in the work-force: all productivity-enhancing tools, by definition, result in a decrease in the number of man-hours required to...
Mark Tilden on “Do robots kill jobs?”
Mark Tilden
14 Apr 2013
Robots do kill jobs but they're crappy jobs, so good riddance. If you've ever had a job you were desperate for the money, but immediately regretted after you got it, then you know what I mean.
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Daniel H. Wilson on “How will robots shape the future of warfare?”
Daniel Wilson
16 Mar 2013
Robots have already changed the face of modern warfare, particularly through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly called "drones." Currently, armed drone aircraft are in widespread use...
Mark Tilden on “How will robots shape the future of warfare?”
Mark Tilden
13 Mar 2013
Robot machines have been shaping the future of war since the first siege engines appeared in ancient times (I like to think the Trojan Horse was motorized). Now with technology significantly exten...
Raffaello D’Andrea on “How will robots shape the future of warfare?”
Raffaello D'Andrea
13 Mar 2013
How will robots shape the future of war? I don’t know. I think that the more important question, however, is: what role should robots have in warfare?
In my answer I have tried (as much as is h...
Nicola Tomatis on “What funding scheme is the most conducive to creating a robotics industry?”
Nicola Tomatis
15 Feb 2013
I would like to start from the other side: "Why is robotics great in creating new technologies and poor in creating new businesses?". Well, someone may disagree, but I really think that robotics is gr...
Frank Tobe on “What funding scheme is the most conducive to creating a robotics industry?”
Frank Tobe
15 Feb 2013
Funding new robotic projects in America is mostly done two different ways:
(1) strategic funding from NASA, DARPA, DoD, NSF and other government organizations to do the pure science involved in sol...
Henrik Christensen on “What funding scheme is the most conducive to creating a robotics industry?”
Henrik Christensen
15 Feb 2013
The public should in most cases not subsidize companies. Tax payers should not be venture capitalists. The new wave of Lean Startup going around the world is a great model to ensure that companies are...
Raffaello D’Andrea on “What funding scheme is the most conducive to creating a robotics industry?”
Raffaello D'Andrea
15 Feb 2013
The best way to commercialize robotics research is to make better connections between academics and entrepreneurs. Academics venturing out into the business world tend to have a "hammer looking for ...
Mark Tilden on “What funding scheme is the most conducive to creating a robotics industry?”
Mark Tilden
31 Jan 2013
Funding schemes aren't viable until we can make more innovative roboticists, and over the years I've tried several methods of engendering the Divine Frankenstein Complex in others. Teaching at a unive...
Herman Bruyninckx on “If you had a EUR 100M investment fund, into which robotics technology or field of robotics would you put your money?”
Herman Bruyninckx
15 Jan 2013
A project that would:
represent human knowledge about manufacturing in an ontology server;
focus on system integration software and hardware issues;
develop affordance-driven system and compon...
Mark Tilden on “If you had a EUR 100M investment fund, into which robotics technology or field of robotics would you put your money?”
Mark Tilden
15 Jan 2013
Well if it was for fun, I'd invest in autonomous paving mothers (APMs). A self-driving solar-powered mobile furnace robot that eats sand and dirt and spits out interlocking solar-panel paving stones...
Henrik Christensen on “If you had a EUR 100M investment fund, into which robotics technology or field of robotics would you put your money?̶
Henrik Christensen
15 Jan 2013
Robots for manufacturing. Generating a new family of robots that have a
fluent interaction with humans. It will be easily programmable. Some would
argue that Baxter provides this functionality. Unfo...
Frank Tobe on “If you had a EUR 100M investment fund, into which robotics technology or field of robotics would you put your money?”
Frank Tobe
15 Jan 2013
As the robotics industry continues to grow, enters new industries, and provides new applications, strategic focus is necessary or the overall industry will develop haphazardly and spread out around th...
Alex Zelinsky on “What are the five must-read publications for budding roboticists?”
Alex Zelinksy
15 Dec 2012
The field moves quickly. So much of the material dates quickly. Joining a professional association such as IEEE or IFR and regular reading of publications - magazines and journals - is essential.
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Mark Tilden on “What are the five must-read publications for budding roboticists?”
Mark Tilden
15 Dec 2012
Aside from the conventional introductory texts on BEAM Robotics, control systems, electronics, and multi-axis mechanics, I always recommend books to inspire thoughts on robotic history, possibilities,...
