Re: Microsoft has been watching

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Jon Elson <elson@...> wrote:

>
> I'm not sure what flavor/level of robotics they are interested in, but
> I'm sure the
> makers of industrial robots who have a 30-year head start are not too
> worried.

Aparently kuka are interested

http://www.kuka.com/en/

It looks like they (the engineers) are doing some interesting things,
it is quite a scaleable system that makes debugging simple and should
allow the user to get on with the higher levels of abstraction. I'm
not sure what it would be like for machine tools but for arm robots it
seems very suitable.

The web stuff is cute but not the main thing, I think it is just an
example of how controls can be made simply and how the state type
control can allow easy access to the system variables etc. The
applications would be more domestic/debugging I suspect.

I think Marris should be looking at this very carefully as another
possible market.

Graham