QB1 : The story
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The 21st century computer will be a robot. frederic kaplan OZWE / EPFL-CRAFT [email protected] @frederickaplan
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QB1
Commercialized in 2009, after 3 years of incubation at EPFL, QB1 was the first robotized computer sold without a mouse and keyboard, equiped with a 3D camera and gesture interaction system.
It was also the first computer to be entirely designed in the Cloud Computing perspective.
QB1
QB1 was announced by the press as the 21st century “Mac”.
First versions of QB1 were sold to Logitech and Samsung labs.
What is the difference between a computer and a robot ?
Robots are computers that live in the same space as us.
Computer
Robotic Computer
What is the intersection between the two worlds ?
Fabric skin
Silent Motors
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Depth perceiving camera
Pulsed InfraRed LEDs
Face trackingand identification
Visual tags
objet recognition
“Real scale” applications
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largemusic
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A new family of computers
Media to dive in
Media to live with
We want to make robotic computers an everyday reality !
[email protected]@frederickaplanwww.ozwe.com
