Labrador's robotic shelf for people with mobility issues

Re:Labrador's robotic shelf for people with mobility issues by NalNezumi on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @04:00AM (#31905291)

I wouldn't say Alexa integration, Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM), object/room detection (dining room etc), setting up those trays around the house and calibrate it, collision avoidance, path planning through obstacles, 3D depth data processing (I see two Realsense i455 cameras) is "technically not that complicated"

I mean sure most of above can be setup with MoveIT if hardware is already assembled, but making it fail proof for 100s of different houses and use cases is an engineering effort

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Re:Labrador's robotic shelf for people with mobility issues by hdjjhhvvhga on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @04:14AM (#31905389)

What I mean it's not some new revolutionary tech but something that we've been using for years integrated and put to a good use. I bet there will be many people interested in having a less advanced version that costs $700, not $7000. That is, if the original deliver on its promises - there's often a significant discrepancy between how a product is marketed and what the first customers say.

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Re:Labrador's robotic shelf for people with mobility issues by avianlyric on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @07:00AM (#31906214)

Agree with everything you said. But equally these are all things that robot vacuum cleaners already do.

Obviously the stakes are a little higher with a mobility assistance device. But the fundamentals of the technology are well solved already, and I wouldn’t be surprised if companies like Roomba would be interested in working in their space, or licensing some of their tech to companies in this space.

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