Robust AI launches collaborative robot Carter and deploys it in warehouses and factories
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Robust AI, co-founded by MIT professor Rodney Brooks, has launched Carter, a wheeled mobile robot that is already in use in logistics warehouses and factories to autonomously transport goods and assist with picking and replenishment. Carter works alongside humans through force-sensitive handles, an AI vision system, and omnidirectional wheels: employees can push or pull it with one hand, and can also direct it with gestures or a touchscreen. The company says that in scenarios where employees walk up to 30,000 steps a day, the robot can take over some of that walking. Robust AI says the design keeps autonomy in human hands, with the robot taking on only part of the work.
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Robust AI, co-founded by MIT Professor Emeritus Rodney Brooks and Anthony Jules, builds a mobile robot called Carter that is designed to work alongside humans in warehouses and factories, featuring a force-sensitive handlebar, an AI-powered vision system, and holonomic wheels. Carter is deployed in logistics warehouses and on factory floors to help workers pick or stock shelves and move items, with workflows that let it guide workers to locations, follow them, or transport loads across large facilities. The company says its approach is to understand workers' primary tasks and build features that accelerate them, letting humans do what they are good at while digital systems handle the rest.
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