Amid a deep discussion of advanced telemetric robotics last night, NYTimes’Nick Biltonbroke the pace with, “Have you seen the TurtleBot?”
But no, oh, marvelous me! I had not seenthe TurtleBot! Yesterday,Willow Garageannounced the botin a company blog post, writing “Get ready for apps on wheels.” The new TurtleBot is a relatively low-cost, personal robot kit with open-source software for hobbyist roboticists. The kit comes in two versions-one for $500 (requires iRobot Create and a laptop) and one for $1,200 (full kit). The new TurtleBot includes the XBox Kinect and using a simple hack it moves around your home and visualize its surroundings. It can also build 3D pictures, bring you food (or a beer) and take 360 degree panoramas.
Check out the full turtle specs here:
Recalling the words of Dr. Seuss,And the turtles, of course… All the turtles are free. As turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be.Apparently all turtles are no longer free.
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Story byCourtney Boyd Myers
Courtney Boyd Myers is the founder of audience.io, a transatlantic company designed to help New York and London based technology startups gr(show all)Courtney Boyd Myers is the founder ofaudience.io, a transatlantic company designed to help New York and London based technology startups grow internationally.
Previously, she was the Features Editor and East Coast Editor of TNW covering New York City startups and digital innovation. She loves magnets + reading on a Kindle.
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