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Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Low cost robots - programmable in 15 minutes - MIT


There is a low cost Robot in the market which costs about $7-8k. Good news Eva the robot can be programmed in about 15 minutes do some mundane works.

Eva is replacing simple, repetitive manual tasks such as product testing, placing things on conveyor belts, sorting, dispensing, and inspection, for example. One customer is using Eva to test smartphones.

By stripping out unnecessary functionality, Automata says, it has managed to make a device 80% equal in precision and performance to world-leading robots from big firms such as  Kuka or Yasakawa, but at roughly 20% of the cost.

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