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Assembly Bot Baxter Wants To Get Close To You

Posted September 19, 2012 8:28 AM

From Crave: gorgeous gadgets and other crushworthy stuff. - CNET:

If Baxter had a favorite band, it might be The Carpenters. Rethink Robotics' new droid could hum "Close to You" while it gets cozy with human workers along the assembly line. The Boston-based startup launches Baxter today, billing it as a revolutionary humanoid robot that could help stem the tide of manufacturing going overseas for cheap labor.

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