This specific bot is one of several being used by a multifaceted team of European researchers who aim to enable robots "to competently perform everyday human-scale manipulation activities, both in ...

The path to more human-like robot object manipulation skills Date: May 26, 2021 Source: Lehigh University Summary: Scientists summarize, compare and contrast research in learned robot manipulation ...

While that footage may indeed be quite impressive, last week Sanctuary AI announced that its 21-DOF (degrees of freedom) robotic hand is now also capable of in-hand manipulation.

Teaching by demonstration isn't going to replace traditional programming, because robots will still require some degree of common sense to function properly in our uncertain world.

Called the Collaborative Open-source Manipulation Performance Assessment for Robotics Enhancement (COMPARE), the project is being funded by a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant worth nearly ...

DARPA Expands Robotics Program DARPA Expands Robotics Program. The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency's Maximum Mobility and Manipulation Program has launched an effort to use engineering ...

Although Google is a pioneer in AI research, its efforts in robotics have produced no commercial successes to date. The company’s last significant foray into the field started in 2013 with a ...

The course covers content from Lynch's new textbook, Modern Robotics: Mechanics, Planning and Control. The book was developed using years of past Robotic Manipulation course notes, as well as notes ...

Robot-assisted cloth manipulation and dressing is an emerging field that focuses on developing robotic systems capable of handling and manipulating fabrics, such as clothing and linens.

The field of robot-assisted cloth manipulation and dressing has witnessed significant advancement in recent years, driven by the convergence of dynamic learning algorithms and sophisticated ...