5 Things to Know About the Intel 3-D Printed Robot Kit

by Karl Utermohlen | May 28, 2014 2:30 pm

Intel (INTC[1]) is making waves in the robotics industry with its 3-D printed robot kit[2].

[3]The kit will allow you to create and customize your own little robot. Here are five things you should know about Intel’s 3-D printed robot kit.

• Contents: The 3-D printed robot kit will include everything you can’t print including the motors, wires, battery, processor and more at 21stCenturyRobot.com.
• Building the Robot: The hardware designs for the robot will be available online for free but you will need access to a 3-D printer in order to get the basic parts of the robot.
• Customizing: The robot is open source which means you’ll have the freedom to customize your robot. “It’s like a smartphone with legs,” Intel Futurist Brian David Johnson[4] said. “Your robot will be completely different from mine; you customize it and program the artificial intelligence, not by having a PhD in robotics, but by downloading apps.”
• Price: The consumer version of the 3-D printed robot kit will go for about $1,600. A high-tech version of the kit will be equipped with an Intel Core i5 Processor and it will sell for about $16,000.
• Release Date: The consumer version of the kit is slated for a late 2014 release.

INTC stock is up about 0.7% Wednesday.

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Source URL: https://investorplace.com/2014/05/intel-3-d-printed-robot-kit-intc-stock/

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