INTRODUCTION
Technology is one of the forces that drive our world today, it pushes people to have dreams and see them come to pass. It pushes against all limits and hopes to see to it that success in all ramifications is achieved to set goals and to this end, we see diverse innovations made in many spheres of the world today because of technology.
Some of these innovations come in various ramifications and one of them is in the sector of commerce which includes the aspect of robotics. However, it is a fact that although there has been tremendous progress in the field of robotics, it is also true that this sector has some major shortcomings largely due to its centralized structure etc. There is this saying that “if you want to go fast, you go alone, but if you want to go far you should go with others in a group”.
Kambria is a platform that has gone fast and has learned that's not the best way to do it, has now taken a U-turn and is now trying to go far. It hopes to create a conglomerate of companies and people from different parts of the world who share interests in the development of the field of robotics and AI, pulling all this people under one common umbrella to work together and maximize success and achieve massive innovations in the field of robotics and technological advancements for the common good of all in the society.
PROBLEMS EXISTING IN THE ROBOTICS INDUSTRY
Technology has often been viewed as a tool that lessens man’s workload. Its introduction has made the life of man more enjoyable and less tedious on a daily basis. The activities of industry has been made even more efficient with the introduction of robots to help carry out auxiliary actions and duties. Even in our homes, there has been an increase in demands for robots and artificial intelligence(AI) to aid in carrying out some tasks. In lieu of these, attempts have been made to develop robotic hardware that can match this increasing demand for robotics and their usage in our society. Against this backdrop, however, despite the many technological advancements there are still some problems and factors that slow down the achievement of this very important feat and some of them would be highlighted below;
Due to the highly centralized nature of the manufacture of robots in our contemporary time, it has made the use of robots highly inaccessible because of the high charges levied on potential users of such services. The costs of obtaining such services have gone so high to a point where mainly companies use or are able to access and use robots.
To further compound the problems of centralization and cost, there arise the complications of the many different parts of a robot being produced by different companies. A typical robot would comprise of parts manufactured by different manufacturers and although this move is done to reduce the cost of manufacturing the robot, it has not made it easier and the end users still find the cost still very much exorbitant in the end.
There also exists the problem that arises from the lack of good interfaces and abstraction layers for software, electrical, and mechanical systems on which some of these robots run. This makes such companies not to have a common front for the usage or manufacture of these robots for use in our society.
At the end of the day, despite most of these creative efforts taken, some of these robots end up to be very slow and not fit for the purpose of which they were made for. The manufacturing process thus becomes very hard and tedious for the manufacturers as some lack the required knowledge to make more efficient systems etc. This few mentioned points and some others have impeded on the efficiency of the robotics industry in our society.
KAMBRIA AND ITS INNOVATIVE PLATFORM
Kambria international(KI) is a platform that seeks to revolutionize the workings of the robotics industry. Having done extensive research in the robotics industry, it has come up with tentative solutions that are empirical and applicable in our contemporary time to the robotics industry. Kambria is a blockchain based, and a decentralized platform that seeks to bring companies and other individuals who share a common interest in the advancement of the robotics industry under a common front to evolve an efficient production system that would be beneficial to and for the collective good of the society. Kambria is the first blockchain project to develop an innovative platform that enables and incentivizes co-actions in the manufacturing, and commercializing of technologywith a particular interest in AI & Robotics applications as its focal point.
Kambria is a nonprofit and open source community with the goal of decentralizing the usability, affordability, and efficiency in the production of robots. The basic goal here is to create relevant incentives for members of the society to donate to the completion of projects on the platform put in place by Kambria and then when that is done, the products are now made available to the society for use. It has the aim of creating a two-way track where the general members of the society contribute generally to the production of robots and in exchange after production gets to purchase or use these robots at lower prices that are far much lesser than what was previously obtainable in the world of robot usage. It does this with the collective responsibility and efforts of many companies and individuals in the society so as to share the responsibility to achieve efficiency and like I mentioned in the introduction to achieve the goal of going far in the industry.
When people with a common goal come together, there is almost no limit to the feats achievable by them. This is the goal of Kambria. The platform is anchored on five ideas and pillars and they are; Codebase (KDNA), innovation marketplace, the manufacturing alliance, value capture, and legal protection. These pillars are collectively targeted at proffering solutions to the problems of modern-day robotic production. This is a welcome development to the universe of technology and manufacture/development of robotics and AI. In doing this Kambria tries to ensure that everyone wins, both from developers to the contributors and in doing so creates some form of value for all on the platform.
Some basic advantages of the use of the platform are the reduction of the barrier of ordinary people from taking part in such production processes. It introduces cash incentives for the undertaking of tasks etc. for all users on the platform encouraging creativity. Since members of the general public collectively contribute to it, it also reduces the cost of carrying out projects.
The platform also discourages the activities of nefarious individuals as free riders who destabilize the activities of similar platforms and it now turns around to also Reward First-Movers i.e. the early adopters of a new project through the Kambria KAT tokens or Kambria Karma having taken into consideration the attributions of these users on the blockchain.
Developers on the platform get to earn rewards through the platforms 50% distribution ratio. They earn Kambria Tokens (KAT) for making relevant contributions to the Kambria Platform. To make this earnings worthwhile, provisions have been made for the fluid exchange of this Kambria Tokens (KAT) for fiat currencies as the USD, and other cryptocurrencies like Ethereum, Bitcoin etc.
Efficiency is the watchword of the Kambria platform and the ideal goal of Kambria is to encourage partnership in the course of production with the aim of making the production processes speedy and efficacious. With the fostering of partnerships on the Kambria platform, it is hoped innovative ideas would be developed and launched speedily at cheaper rates through the avenues provided for open collaborations on the platform.
Growth is enhanced on the platform through the envisaged rapidly growing user base due to the fact that the platform encourages open collaborations. The contributors and the society at large get to benefit from the substantial development in both robotics and the cryptocurrency market which opens wide the doors to many investment opportunities.
Kambria would create a total revolution in the robotics industry worldwide and help to tremendously evolve an efficacious system of development processes, empowering many all over the world with the intellectual property creating a widespread development and prospects to advancements in this field. With this, the long-awaited variegation of the Robotics & AI market would not only be feasible but achievable in little or no time creating avenues for new scopes of achievable feats for producers worldwide.
The most important of all these merits to all contributors is the fact that in all this, the risk of loss of funds is reduced to the barest minimum and almost totally eliminated. Kambria has a strong track record as exemplified in its previous robotics exploits previously having owned a robotics company known as OhmniLabs, Inc. and its tested product e.g. the telepresence robot. These advancements make it an efficient system destined to thrive and grow on a daily basis from the point of its inception.
TOKEN DETAILS
Token Name – Kambria Token (KAT) and Kambria Karma
Token Symbol – KAT and Kambria Karma
Token Type – Utility-token
Token model – ERC20
Token Supply – 5 Billion KAT tokens,
Available for Token Sale – 50%
Soft Cap – 12,000,000 USD (fiat)
Hard Cap – 25,000,000 USD (fiat)
Fundraising Goal – 19,900,000 USD
Currency Accepted for Purchase – USD, ETH, BTC.
The KAT being the primary means of carrying out transactions on Kambria platform is to be used to facilitate interactions and transactions of stakeholders on the Kambria platform and to also sync incentives provided on the platform to the long-term success of the Kambria community. It is the goal of Kambria that when people collaborate to evolve the ecosystem, all members of the platform gain through KATs. This is primarily directed towards ensuring the incentives provided by the developers are fair and sufficient. Several mechanisms to achieve this may include; e.g. the marketplace innovation that allows the community to put a fair price/reward for the work of innovators.
TEAM DETAILS
kambria boasts of a highly experienced team with great devotion in achieving the project aim.
See preview of core members below and read more about the team here: https://kambria.io/#our-team
PARTNERS
CONCLUSION
In summary, Kambria seeks to create a collective and collaborative platform which will create a long-lasting synergy between the blockchain technology and the universe of robotics and eventually evolve a perfectly fluid system of production in that sector that is fully cost-effective and decentralized. Kambria provides a platform which makes room for an innovative superstructure which guarantees the efficient subsistence of the robotics industry. These innovative ideas put forward by Kambria, which work in pari-pasu with the increasing applications of robotics in various spheres of human endeavor, have and will project Kambria to spearhead the harmonization, development, and eventual adoption of robots in our society so as to make possible unparalleled and unattained heights. Kambria is a revolutionary platform whose legacy would be written in the sands of time judging from their innovative plans. All are therefore enjoined to be part of this revolutionary project in the robotics and AI sector and build a lasting legacy for the good of the upcoming generations and ours collectively.
USEFUL PROJECT LINKS
Website: https://kambria.io/
Whitepaper: https://kambria.io/#whitepaper
Facebook: https://facebook.com/KambriaNetwork
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KambriaNetwork
Telegram: https://t.me/kambriaofficial
Medium: https://medium.com/@teamkambria
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