Rapyuta: A Cloud Robotics Framework

Computational power is a key enabler for intelligent and efficient robot task performance. However, on-board computation entails additional power requirements, which may constrain robot mobility, reduce operating duration, and increase costs.
Rapyuta, the RoboEarth Cloud Engine, helps robots to offload heavy computation by providing secured customizable computing environments in the cloud. The computing environments also allow the robots to easily access the RoboEarth knowledge repository. Furthermore, these computing environments are tightly interconnected, paving the way for deployment of robotic teams.
This video shows examples of how the RoboEarth Cloud Engine may help tomorrow's robots to increase their performance by leveraging the computational, storage, and communications infrastructure of modern data centers. The current Alpha release of the software framework allows developers to create their own robot cloud services. A number of robot cloud services, such as those illustrated in the video, are already under development.
To learn more and contribute to this open-source effort, visit: rapyuta.org/

[@wireduk]

By using the cloud platform, the robots will not only need less onboard computational power, but it will also allow them to function in teams, ominously referred to as "multi-robot deployments".

[@NaTaS-]

How could this NOT end in the death of all things flesh?

[@SpaceBackSpace]

Hello "More-Free-Time" to explore the world (no need for exclamation mark). ;-)

[@caiorearte]

Uhhh, they don't need this system to do that. There's already the NSA. See Thomas Drake and William Binney testimony.

[@EnslaveTV]

Brilliant! And terrifying :D

[@wlorenz65]

How many hours does it take a trained human to prepare breakfast, if he is forced to use grippers instead of his hands?

[@EnslaveTV]

My thought exactly ^^

[@JosephdiCaro]

otherwise known as "SKYNET" and the end of humanity lol

[@HANU8]

So... You basically have a spy in your house.

[@CriminalMacabre]

Didn't you learned from the geth?

[@alienkishorekumar]

Who can dislike this?

[@OspreyFlyer]

welcome to the future - global cloud for robots and humans which will then merge

[@Igorawicki]

I approve this message.

[@ruzzyalltaken]

So this is how skynet starts.....

[@Kabo0se5]

Geth

[@cgbaldwin]

i for one welcome our new robot overlords

[@PaullyWack]

does anybody else see a poke ball with arms and legs?

[@user-po5nq2dr1k]

the voice of the video is irritable! :D

[@MeusOrsa]

We are already calling it "he". That scares me.

[@Bahamutalee]

This is too cute D:

[@deaddevils2]

Skynet at its infancy

[@sphere191]

Hello H.A.L

[@Xaseruser]

lol funny voice