INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who hate building IKEA furniture and madmen
Now, thanks to IkeaBot, the madmen can be replaced.IkeaBot is a project built at Control Robotics Intelligence (CRI) group at NTU in
The team began by teaching robots to insert pins and manipulate IKEA parts, then, slowly, they began to figure out how to pit the robots
like they should have a chat with Ross Knepper, whose IkeaBot seemed to do just fine without any of that stuff.In other words the robots are
semi-autonomous but never get frustrated and can use basic heuristics to figure out next steps
The robots can now essentially assemble chairs in about 20 minutes, a feat that I doubt many of us can emulate
You can watch the finished dance here, in all its robotic glory.The best part Even robots get frustrated and fling parts around:I, for one,
welcome our IKEA chair manufacturing robotic overlords.
