Re:Robot Makers Fill Their War Chests in Fight Against Amazon
by rubidium on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @08:46AM
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I'm guessing at numbers from my limited experience, but a new robot development (let's say with some sophisticated features either hardware or software--not both) is probably a 20-50 person development. Salary (in normal land, not crazy west coast land) for a 2.5 year development is 6-15 million. Material cost runs 10-40% more.
So expect something like 4-10 new robot platforms coming out as a result of this. In a market where there's not a plethora of vendors, that's respectable.
If anyone has more direct experience I'd be happy to be corrected.
Re:Robot Makers Fill Their War Chests in Fight Against Amazon
by petra on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @11:30AM
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Is robotics currently limited mostly by money, i.e. with enough investment we could accelerate the robotic future significantly ? or is it mostly the need for new, better ideas?
So expect something like 4-10 new robot platforms coming out as a result of this. In a market where there's not a plethora of vendors, that's respectable.
If anyone has more direct experience I'd be happy to be corrected.