Enabling Technology and Design & Development Solutions - December 8, 2010
Although robotics technology in the various types of commercial, consumer and military robotics systems can differ radically from each other, their areas of commonality greatly outnumber their differences. That is, enabling technologies suitable for one particular class of products are appropriate and applicable for other types of intelligent, mobile robotics products as well. Sessions in the Enabling Technologies for Robotics Development Virtual Conference will cover the latest advances in the ‘core’ technology that are common to most classes of mobile robots and intelligent systems.
The development of robots and robotic technology is difficult, requiring the mastery of multiple disciplines – primarily software development, and mechanical and electrical engineering. Solution providers have responded to the needs of developers by providing a whole host of robotics design and development tools, as well as ready-made robotic ‘platforms’, that dramatically simplify the job of designing, developing, testing and manufacturing robots and robotic products.