- Title: POLAND-ROBOCORE DIY robotics device developed
- Date: 20th March 2015
- Summary: KRAKOW, POLAND (RECENT) (REUTERS) CO-FOUNDERS OF HUSARION COMPANY, RADEK JAREMA AND DOMINIK NOWAK, ATTACHING ROBOCORE DEVICE TO MECHANICAL PLATFORM ROBOCORE DEVICE HUSARION COMPANY ENGINEER MOVING ROBOT VIA COMPUTER SOFTWARE OSCILLOSCOPE JAREMA WORKING AT HIS DESK ENGINE (SOUNDBITE) (Polish) CO-FOUNDER OF HUSARION COMPANY, RADEK JAREMA, SAYING: "By applying RoboCORE, the u
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- Location: Poland
- Country: Poland
- Topics: General
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- Story Text: Building your own personal robot for most people requires lots of experience and a high budget. But the know-how that has been restricted to university science labs or corporate research facilities will soon be available to hobby engineers and constructors.
Polish scientists Dominik Nowak and Radoslaw Jarema have developed an innovative robotics device called RoboCORE which allows anyone, from small businesses to hobby users, to create their own robot. Having founded their company Husarion in 2013, Nowak and Jarema also provide the necessary cloud-based software to control the finished construction.
"By applying RoboCORE, the user can create their own mechanical platform where they plug in our RoboCORE through various connectors to engines and sensors. Next, they can log in to our internet platform and use it to program (their device) and later they can control and steer, guide it and supervise its functions," explains co-founder Radoslaw Jarema.
Although RoboCORE contains advanced technology, inventers have kept the system as simple as possible, so that it is easy to use and can be applied to various mechanical systems.
Beyond a business goal, RoboCORE designers have a mission to spread robotics to users around the world and initiate a spread of the science through "garage" engineers such as that achieved in the field of computer programming in the 1970s, which led to the rise of industry giants like IBM, Microsoft and Apple.
"The inventors of robots based on RoboCORE can construct both robots for play and hobby uses, as well as robots which solve ordinary human problems. (We are) keeping in mind that many huge technology companies started off their work in garages and we hope that people in garages around the world will build robots based on our solutions, our drivers, which to a bigger or smaller extent will improve our lives," Nowak said.
Both Nowak and Jarema have graduated at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow. Their colleague at the university, Daniel Prusak from the Department of Applied Engineering and Robots, praised the invention as offering limitless possibilities for robot designers.
"The strength of this device lies in the fact that it can be used by anyone who has the slightest idea of robot construction. The system is simple. And what can be constructed is only limited by the constructor's imagination," Prusak said.
"We can construct mobile robots, swimming, marching, flying, manipulating robots, also anything that is the most interesting in technology can be included in our constructions."
A promotional film released by the scientists shows that for a skilled engineer, constructing a basic robot and applying the RoboCORE can take under ten minutes.
The project has gathered 58,000 US dollars in their Kickstarter campaign, exceeding their goal by 8,000 dollars. They offer two variations of the device in its regular and mini size, plus a few ideas for different robotic devices. The software running RoboCORE is open source. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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