A compact computer called Euclid from Intel should make the development of robots much easier.

Euclid looks much like the Kinect camera for Xbox consoles, but it’s a self-contained PC that can be the guts of a robot.

It’s possible to install the Euclid computer where the “eyes” of a human-like robot would be typically placed. Intel demonstrated the Euclid computer in a robot moving on stage during CEO Brian Krzanich’s keynote at the Intel Developer Forum on Tuesday.

Euclid has a 3D RealSense camera that can serve as the eyes in a robot, capturing images in real time. It has motion and position sensors that can help the robot move around both indoors and outdoors.

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