Cyborgs will take Ubuntu thanks to Pal Robotics

Joaquín García

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Ubuntu booth at MWC 2017

As many of you already know, this week the MWC in Barcelona is taking place and Canonical and Ubuntu are actively participating in the event. If during the past days we had seen the Dell Edge Gateway 3000 and Ubuntu Phone in the Fairphone 2. Today, the central theme has been robotics and the cyborgs of the PAL Robotics company that have been presented with Ubuntu Core as the operating system.

These robots or rather cyborgs as they have a human appearance, work perfectly and are managed by Ubuntu Core, like many other projects such as the drones from Erle Robotics.

PAL Robotics cyborgs have Ubuntu Core on their brain so developers can better work with them

PAL Robotics is a Spanish company that is producing human-shaped robots for various functions or tasks. The intention of PAL Robotics is that the user when buying a model of these robots, can give him the function or task he wants thanks to Ubuntu Core and its open platform. Being easier for industrial environments or universities to work with this type of machine.

Cyborg by Pal Robotics

In addition, as is customary at this fair, PAL Robotics and Canonical have shown the operation of their robots with Ubuntu Core. A fairly good operation of robots that have legs (or limbs that work as such) and that work correctly, being able to recline, get up, etc ...

The bad thing about this type of product is its high price. Currently have a cost of 300 thousand euros, a high price for any pocket but interesting for certain industries where this type of machine is needed. Personally I find it curious and shows what can be done with Ubuntu Core, but it is true that in addition to machines, programs are needed and that is even more difficult, but it seems that Canonical and PAL Robotics are for the work Do not you think?


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  1.   Julian Of The Guide said
    ago 7 years

    Well, more than cyborgs they would be androids, right?

    Reply to Julián De La Guía
  2.   Agustin Farias Gonzalez said
    ago 7 years

    If you are going to write about technology first, document yourself and try to understand the subject, it is not worth just writing what sounds good. A cyborg is a cybernetic organism, part machine and part organic. A robot in human form is an android, even though "android with android" sounds weird.

    Reply to Agustín Farías González