Robots still struggle with materials that the human eye can easily detect, such as glass, shiny metal, or jet-black surfaces.

Enables 3D analysis of objects; scanner has been connected to Boston Dynamics “robot dog”. Combined robot dog and 3D scanner makes measuring more agile and flexible. With its new handheld scanner ...

The robot then picks up an object with its suction cups and holds it up for a barcode scanner. This tells an adjacent gantry, where the arm places the object, where to then deposit it in a row of ...

A robot powered by V-JEPA 2 can be deployed in a new environment and successfully manipulate objects it has never encountered ...

It holds the product up, waits for the red flash of a barcode scanner, then turns and ... If you want to teach a robot to pick up an object, you could do it the classical way and program it ...

The robot itself is a basic rugged chassis, with an electric motor, and it scan runways for foreign objects using off-the ... The advantage of the scanner over a camera is that it is simpler ...

but now we're seeing robots that can autonomously teach themselves how to handle objects. Festo has developed a flexible robotic hand that uses artificial intelligence to deduce how to manipulate ...

They developed a technique that enables robots to use only internal sensors to learn about an object’s weight, softness, or contents by picking it up and gently shaking it. With their method ...

Agile Justin can perceive objects and coordinates the twelve joints in its hand to manipulate them dexterously. The humanoid robot trains itself independently in a simulation. Impressive developments ...

Folks blessed with a soft touch seem to have no problem getting to grips with delicate objects, but it can be a tough ask for robots. Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of ...