:oh :mrgreen

Every year Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) distinguishes the top achievements in robotics. So who/what won 2007? Fanuc's industrial robot system. Two arms are driven by advanced visual tracking to, well, just watch the clip. What you see is not automated movement, but a series of real-time decisions allowing 120 items to be picked up per minute. Plus, the arms can function 24 hours a day and are constructed from a plastic that requires no grease. Since their launch in 2006, around 150 units have been sold worldwide—hopefully none to Cyberdyne Systems...yet. [pinktentacle (http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/12/2007-robot-of-the-year/) via botjunkie (http://www.botjunkie.com/2008/01/24/2007-robot-of-the-year/)]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC-3AjPn24U

DAMN!!!! :rock

can they wash my truck and bike for me?

damn, that is so cool, you can see that they change directions just so slightly to land on the square thing... really cool!! :thumbup

Wonder why they didnt just have the two belts meet so they all dropped onto the other one. :dunno Could of saved a few million.




Should probably add here that I am joking! :)

Very cool, but I'm surprised it won an award. I have seen arms that have much more movement and do various things at once. I guess it won simply on the "smart" factor.


Ride safe.

I guess it won simply on the "smart" factor.


yea, the smart is a big deal.

Maybe they can make one that'll realize when it's handling a broken part, or catch it if it drops the part.

Have you ever seen the programming it takes to get a robotic arm to repeat the same movement over and over? They only do it well if nothing in the production line changes beyond those set parameters. These adapt to an imperfect flow of product, something very difficult to do

Have you ever seen the programming it takes to get a robotic arm to repeat the same movement over and over?

void main (void){
while(AreThereJobs()){
PerformTask();
}
WaitForInstructions();
}

Easy!

Now making it recognise that task awaits, what the task is, where it is, and how to do it... That takes a lot of code.

void main (void){
while(AreThereJobs()){
PerformTask();
}
WaitForInstructions();
}

Easy!

Now making it recognise that task awaits, what the task is, where it is, and how to do it... That takes a lot of code.

:lol Should we give you an award too? :mock

LOL..
Reminds me of a classic episode!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4wp3m1vg06Q

:lmao

:lol Should we give you an award too? :mock

Thanks!
I'd like to take this opportunity to thank my Parents, and the Academy. I really couldn't have done it without their help.
<sniff sniff>
There are so many people that need mention here..

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:lmao

You may have missed what I was saying above.
I meant that what they had done was highly impressive and deserved of an award. :bow