MEET 'BAXTER'

  

 

 

 

    ‘Baxter” is a robot designed by Rethink Robotics to work with humans on defined assembly line tasks. It has a face and artificial intelligence. The robot costs $22,000. 'Baxter' has five cameras, a sonar sensor, and a penchant to grab things.
   Conjecture or perhaps rumor in the scientific community suggests that a Boston woman fell in love with 'Baxter' when she witnessed its sexy eyes flirting during a TV documentary. Don't let this happen to you.
   A special word of caution for husbands: keep your eyes on joint checking and savings accounts. If $22,000 suddenly goes missing, it's possible that your wife was seduced by a robot taken off line by hackers and reprogrammed for adulterous romance. On the other hand, if an errant husband falls for the amorous robot, a wife should use a large electromagnet and shotgun to separate them. As to which gets what, the wife should be the final judge.
   To see ‘Baxter’ in action, click on YouTube: http://youtu.be/erLhkpkffHg.

 

References:

1) Jay and Barry’s OM Blog: http://heizerrenderom.wordpress.com/2012/09/28/om-in-the-news-baxter-the-smarter-robot/

2) MIT Technology Review: http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/513746/baxter-the-blue-collar-robot/

 

3) Rethink Robotics: http://www.rethinkrobotics.com/

4) Mars Rover: http://www.jeffpaine.blogspot.com/2012/08/curiosity-finding-astonishes-scientific.html