Nice. Certainly more affordable than the huge Willow Garage machine, although that could fold laundry. This thing will probably be showing up in robot research labs. If they sold a reasonable number it could be much cheaper.
The arm is not very rigid. Notice there's a barcode target on the end effector base (the "wrist") where the camera can see it. So the system can compensate for some bend. That's in some ways better than building a super-rigid structure.
I'm surprised there isn't a camera or two out at the end of the arm, for fine positioning. Cell phone camera parts are so cheap now that's a no-brainer.
The arm is not very rigid. Notice there's a barcode target on the end effector base (the "wrist") where the camera can see it. So the system can compensate for some bend. That's in some ways better than building a super-rigid structure.
I'm surprised there isn't a camera or two out at the end of the arm, for fine positioning. Cell phone camera parts are so cheap now that's a no-brainer.