1. The 21st century
computer will be a
robot.
frederic kaplan
OZWE / EPFL-CRAFT
frederic.kaplan@ozwe.com
@frederickaplan

2. 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.

3. QB1
QB1 was announced by the press as
the 21st century “Mac”.
First versions of QB1 were sold to
Logitech and Samsung labs.

4. What is the difference between
a computer and a robot ?

7. Robots are computers that live
in the same space as us.

8. Computer
Robotic Computer

11. What is the intersection
between the two worlds ?

27. Fabric skin

28. Silent Motors

29. Mic 1 Mic 2

31. Depth perceiving camera
Pulsed InfraRed LEDs

33. Face tracking
and identification

34. Visual tags
objet recognition

36. “Real scale” applications

39. p e rs o na l
music
l i b ra r y
la rg e
mu si c
li bra ri es

42. 8:07 A B
11:34 B
11:37 B
22:10 A B ? ?
22:41 A B ? ?

43. 22:30 A B ? ?
?

44. 22:30 A B ?
?

48. A new family of computers

52. Media to dive in
Media to live with

53. We want to make
robotic computers
an everyday
reality !
frederic.kaplan@ozwe.com
@frederickaplan
www.ozwe.com