MIT’s New Robot Taught Itself to Pick Things Up the Way People Do

MIT’s New Robot Taught Itself to Pick Things Up the Way People Do

“Back in 2016, somewhere in a Google-owned warehouse, more than a dozen robotic arms sat for hours quietly grasping objects of various shapes and sizes. For hours on end, they taught themselves how to pick up and hold the items appropriately—mimicking the way a baby gradually learns to use its hands.

Now, scientists from MIT have made a new breakthrough in machine learning: their new system can not only teach itself to see and identify objects, but also understand how best to manipulate them…”

https://singularityhub.com/2018/09/18/mits-new-robot-taught-itself-to-pick-things-up-the-way-people-do/

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