Baxter

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Overview

Baxter was purchased by George Mason University in Spring 2014 and utilized in projects such as: [ARCHR] and [Graduate work]. It is the first interactive 7 degree-of-freedom humanoid robot offered by Rethink Robotics at an affordable price with research and outreach in the STEM field in mind. By utilizing the powerful ROS software suite it offers streamlined programming built-in with access to various features such as sonar, IR, wrist-camera, front-facing camera, and more. Its hardware allows high adaptability and flexibility to tasks while remaining very safe to humans.


Tutorials

Setting up computer environment for controlling Baxter


Code

ARCHR (voodoo-style controller) Arms

Videos

[initial testing] [testing peg-in-hole]