Cartman - a budget-priced robot from Australia - has triumphed in an annual contest to create a machine that can...

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Originally shared by Rob Jongschaap

Cartman - a budget-priced robot from Australia - has triumphed in an annual contest to create a machine that can identify, pick up and stow warehouse goods.

The bot was designed from scratch to take part in 2017's Amazon Robotics Challenge and used a radically different design to past winners.

Instead of building a robotic arm, the victors used a sliding mechanism that picked up products from above.


http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-40774385

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