Monday, January 28, 2013

"Print your own life-size robot for under $1,000"

First off, the article that I am talking about can be found at http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/25/tech/innovation/inmoov-robot-3d-printing/index.html

I found this article very interesting. It talks about how you can "print" your own life-size robot with just a 3D printer, a few motors, a cheap circuit board, and about $800. You can also program it to respond to voice commands such as lifting something or moving something. I think this is really cool, because we all saw some kind of futuristic robot like this in movies, and now we can have a REAL one. The best part is that it costs less than $1,000. Normally such advanced technology would cost $50,000+, but the inventor of this robot made it nice and affordable and also shared how to make it. Instead of him making thousands of these robots and selling them for large sums of money, he just tells us how to make the robot for a much smaller price. You don't usually see such an action in the business world.

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