Have you heard the term Cloud Robotics?
This is a new term to us so we are trying to learn as much as we can. Here is a video by the folks over at Willow's Garage and google on one version of Cloud robotics.
Here is a news story on different varient of cloud robotics.
Then we have a different version of cloud robotics driven by a social network.
MyRobots.com uses the Open Source ThingSpeak API. You can use this to send and receive data with your robot.
MyRobots is still in its beta phase but we expect to be ready soon to work with OEM and manufacturers in order to offer end-to-end solution to web-enable your robots and service. MyRobot provide low-cost hardware and software to connect your robots to Internet and reap the benefits. Here some ideas of the benefits for the OEM/Manufacturers point of view:
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Monitor the robots in their real environment;
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Offer better service to the customers (real time alerts, upgrades, apps, tips on maintenance etc.);
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Get important statistics and information to improve the products and service;
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Lower the cost of support, return and warranty;
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Increase the number of registered customers;
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Bring the community to develop robot apps for your robots;
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Get a serious advantage on your competition and embrace the future of Cloud Robotics;
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Have your own custom-branded interface offering web base services for your robots.
MyRobots will offer soon professional support to help integrate technology into your products. If you are interested in a strategic partnership with MyRobots, please contact us via the support centre.
And here is an article that sums up some of the specific aspects of cloud robotics
http://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/humanoids/robots-with-their-heads-in-the-clouds
There is still more to learn here. Especially how we could leverage cloud robotics to help our FRC teams.
