Posted on 10/18/2019 10:16:55 AM PDT by BenLurkin
MIT has developed a new way to speed up the planning involved in a robot grasping an object, making it “significantly” faster — reducing the total time from as much as 10 or more minutes to less than a second. That’s many orders of magnitude better, bringing it closer to the realm of human reaction and response time.
This could have big practical benefits to settings where robotics are already in use, including industrial environments. The research team’s method involves having the robot push the object against a surface that doesn’t move, which allows it to shortcut a bunch of the decision-making process about how to manipulate it. That could be applied in picking and sorting applications, which is a common enough use for robots on factory floors and in warehouses.
To prove the validity of its model, the team built an experiment in which a robot gripper held a t-shaped block and pushed it against a fixed, vertically oriented bar. The results mirrored what happened in their virtual models, with the robot being able to plan out control of the gripped block through a maneuver to place it upright on the tablet’s surface in less than a second, whereas it had taken more than 500 seconds using traditional methods.
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The robot’s name is Handjo and they slapped lipstick and a wig on it.
I ain’t gonna choke my chicken with no robot hand.
Yeah, I recall some advice I was given once: never stick yer willie into anything rated in horsepower. Words to live by.
“Yeah, I recall some advice I was given once: never stick yer willie into anything rated in horsepower. Words to live by.”
Or amps. Or PSI. Or.........
What will we do with all those socialist immigrant fruit pickers from Mexico when hand robot replaces them?
They can be used to replace the landscape worker illegals who previously replaced the American landscape workers.
“The robot’s name is Handjo and they slapped lipstick and a wig on it.”
Move on and no comments! :)
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