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An Automated Way to Assemble Thousands of Objects
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The manufacturing industry (largely) welcomed artificial intelligence with open arms. Less of the dull, dirty, and dangerous? Say no more. Planning for mechanical assemblies still requires more than...
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Soft Robots That Grip With the Right Force
Rachel Gordon
(MIT CSAIL: Cambridge, MA) -- Tool use has long been a hallmark of human intelligence, as well as a practical problem to solve for a vast array of robotic applications. But machines are still wonky...
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Dexterous Robotic Hands Manipulate Thousands of Objects With Ease
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First published Nov. 5, 2021, on MIT CSAIL News.  At just 1 year old, a baby is more dexterous than a robot. Sure, machines can do more than just pick up and put down objects, but we’re not...
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Building Machines That Better Understand Human Goals
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First published Dec. 7, 2020, on MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) news. In a classic experiment on human social intelligence by Warneken and Tomasello, an 18-month-old...