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Bumble bees spontaneously solve object-manipulation tasks without prior training
A century ago, a psychologist named Wolfgang Köhler proved that chimpanzees could solve complex ...
Robotic manipulation of deformable objects addresses the complexities of interacting with items that change shape under force, such as cables, textiles, biological tissues and foodstuffs. Unlike rigid ...
Researchers have compiled a dataset that captures the detailed behavior of a robotic system physically pushing hundreds of different objects. Using the dataset -- the largest and most diverse of its ...
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Consistency, not complexity, is the key to teaching robots dexterity, new research suggests
Teaching robots to manipulate objects with humanlike dexterity has long been one of robotics' toughest challenges. Tasks such ...
Scientists summarize, compare and contrast research in learned robot manipulation through the lens of adaptability and outline promising research directions for the future. What if a robot could ...
Stuttgart – Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS), the University of Michigan, and Cornell University have demonstrated a breakthrough in microrobotics: swarms of ...
Sanctuary AI's Phoenix robot is certainly an impressive beast, with hydraulically actuated hands that are incredibly dextrous. Well, those hands have recently become even more useful, as each one is ...
Apple is researching technology to allow an "Apple Glass" user to not be constrained to fixed physical gestures or touch controls, and instead manipulate any object to alter what is visible on the ...
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