A Long Goodbye to Baxter, a Gentle Giant Among Robots
A Long Goodbye to Baxter, a Gentle Giant Among Robots
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
October 11, 20187m 13s
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Show Notes
For a serious research robot, Baxter is a charmer. It’s sports-car red, with two big and deliberate arms. Its face is a flat screen that telegraphs “feelings” like embarrassment (rosy cheeks, upturned eyebrows). If you’re so inclined, you can sit in front of it and make it read your mind to fix its mistakes. Or you can point to objects for it to pick up.
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