Baxter the robot is 'human safe' but not very good at Connect Four – video

The Australian Centre for Robotic Vision demonstrates the visual ability of Baxter, a robot fitted with cameras in its head and wrists. The hope is that in another decade or so such robots will operate side-by-side with humans in 'unorganised environments' such as orchards, rather than being restricted to ordered factory floors which are unsafe for humans to enter Continue reading...