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Posted on: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 07:02
Author: Discovery News
Subject: Robot Learns to Gently Touch Objects
Humans are able stick their arms into cluttered areas like a refrigerator or reach across a table set for dinner without knocking anything over. Robots aren't so good at that. In fact, until now, researchers generally design robots to not touch anything except for the object for which they're reaching. However, a robotic arm developed by a team lead by Charlie Kemp, associate professor at Georgia Institute of Technology, has sensors that cover its entire "arm," helping it touch other objects gently, while reaching for a specific item. The technique gives robots a more effective and realistic method for dealing with real-world circumstances, where obstacles and clutter are usually an issue. |
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