Knowledge@Wharton: What would you like your robots to be able to do that they can't do right now?
Greiner: Everything!
Knowledge@Wharton: For instance?
Greiner: At iRobot we started building walking robots with the idea that biological systems get over more terrain with more agility than wheeled or track systems. [But] practicality dictated that, in the short term, we move to wheeled and track systems. I think, in the future, walking robots will be extremely important, but the technology's just not quite there yet. The strength-to-weight ratio in the motors doesn't allow the output to be as effective as the track systems we already have on the market today. So you really have to get to a point where you're doing something that the older technology can't do before you displace it.
22.4.06
Helen Greiner es la cofundadora de la compañía iRobot. Podéis encontrar una entrevista en Knowledge@Wharton (puede que el enlace os pida registraros pero no hace falta, actualizar la página para ver el contenido).
