Archive 18.07.2023

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New technique helps user understand why a robot failed, then fine-tune it to perform task

Imagine purchasing a robot to perform household tasks. This robot was built and trained in a factory on a certain set of tasks and has never seen the items in your home. When you ask it to pick up a mug from your kitchen table, it might not recognize your mug (perhaps because this mug is painted with an unusual image, say, of MIT's mascot, Tim the Beaver). So, the robot fails.

Robotic Chef ‘Beastro™’ takes Orders, Cooks—and Cleans up–controlled by Unitronics

The Kitchen Robotics company Cloud receives the customer orders via website or app, and sends the appropriate commands to the UniStream PLC, using an API that implements a dedicated TCP/IP protocol written in UniLogic, Unitronics all-in-one development software.

Deep-learning-assisted underwater 3D tactile tensegrity

With the advancement of ocean detection technology, autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) have become an indispensable tool for exploring unknown underwater environments. However, existing sensors cannot enable AUVs to identify the environment in narrow spaces where optical or sonic reflection problems may occur.

New skin-like sensors fit almost everywhere

Researchers from the Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MIRMI) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed an automatic process for making soft sensors. These universal measurement cells can be attached to almost any kind of object. Applications are envisioned especially in robotics and prosthetics.

AI helps household robots cut planning time in half

Your brand new household robot is delivered to your house, and you ask it to make you a cup of coffee. Although it knows some basic skills from previous practice in simulated kitchens, there are way too many actions it could possibly take—turning on the faucet, flushing the toilet, emptying out the flour container, and so on. But there's a tiny number of actions that could possibly be useful. How is the robot to figure out what steps are sensible in a new situation?

#RoboCup2023 in tweets – part 2

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As this year’s RoboCup draws to a close, we take a look back at some of the highlights from the second half of the conference. Over the course of the weekend, the event focussed on the latter stages of the competitions, with the winners in all the different leagues decided. If you missed our round-up of the first half of RoboCup, you can catch up here.

#RoboCup2023 in tweets – part 1

AIhub | Tweets round-up

This year’s RoboCup kicked off on 4 July and will run until 10 July. Taking place in Bordeaux, the event will see around 2500 participants, from 45 different countries take part in competitions, training sessions, and a symposium. Find out what attendees have been up to in preparation for, and in the first half of, the event.

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