"Robots of the 21st century" will be printed on 3D printers

It became known about the first results of the Intel “21st Century Robot” program , headed by staff futurologist Brian Johnson and aimed at creating promising social (that is, interacting with a person) intellectual platforms. This result was two robots presented to the public by Intel executive director Brian Krzanic at the end of May. The older brother, named Jimmy, is almost ready to do his job - to be the object of scientific research. As for the younger one, he has not yet been demonstrated in his work, however, some of its features look quite curious.


As already mentioned, the robot Jimmy, a short presentation of which can be viewed on the video below, is intended for professional use. With it, scientists will study the peculiarities of interaction between a person and an intelligent device through voice, gestures, etc. The robot is based on the Intel NUC computer platform, and that, in turn, is based on the Intel Core i5 / i7 processor. Using a standard platform allows you to significantly simplify the programming of the device and work with it, and its large computational abilities make it possible to complicate the experiments, bringing them as close as possible to reality. The software basis of the robot is Linux OS, all software written for it has open source code. The cost of Jimmy will be $ 16,000.


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As for the younger model, which in the video Krzanych holds in his hands, then the following is known about her. It will be a robot for home use (that is, communication) based on SoC Intel Quark. The main part of it (with the exception of motors, sensors, etc., supplied by the kit) will be printed by the user himself on a 3D printer. Due to this, the cost of the device was reduced by 10 times - up to $ 1,600. It’s naturally early to speak about the market prospects of the model; Some experts still doubt that it will reach the market in general. However, in a wide range of recently introduced Intel "futuristic" devices, it looks quite organic.

Incidentally, the robot Jimmy also printed on a 3D printer. Here is a little introductory video about him.