Intel's 3D Printed Robot
Intel plans to offer a consumer grade 3D printed robot for $1600 later this year. Jimmy, a desktop robot , will include an Intel chip and be programmable using open source tools.
The hardware designs will be freely available online, allowing anyone with access to a 3-D printer to generate and assemble the basic parts.
The grand vision is to lower the barrier of entry to robotics.
I'm not against it, but there's a huge hype train on 3D printing.
Why wouldn't this "kit" just also include the plastic shell parts, efficiently and cheaply mass produced in a real factory?
Is it really that thrilling for aging geeks to watch plastic getting melted in person?