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Adaptable ‘Baxter’ robot could help businesses compete with cheap foreign labor

Baxter robot

A brand-new industrial robot made to be versatile, safe, and simple to program might take over a number of reasonably unskilled activities on manufacturing lines, helping businesses to contend with low-cost human labor provided in other countries. Called Baxter, the robot is made and produced by Rethink Robotics, a Boston-based company established by former MIT professor Rodney Brooks– unlike traditional robotics utilized in production, it can easily work side-by-side with people, without the need for any type of sort of protective cage.

Baxter includes a display with humanoid facial expressions

According to an article in MIT’s Innovation Evaluation, Baxter includes a screen with humanoid facial expressions, allowing it to suggest to operators that it is hectic, …

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