Category: Robotics
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Tesla gives Optimus robot a new hand with improved grip and sensors
https://the-decoder.com/tesla-gives-optimus-robot-a-new-hand-with-improved-grip-and-sensors/ Tesla has updated its Optimus humanoid robot with a new hand design that features 22 degrees of freedom, plus three more in the forearm. The company added a soft protective layer to the fingers and palm that preserves the hand’s tactile sensing capabilities while enabling it to handle delicate objects.
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Fruitbots Offer a Bizarre Twist on Robotic Design
https://mossandfog.com/fruitbots-offer-a-bizarre-twist-on-robotic-design/
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Ceilings are unutilised space…
Hsu, J. (2023). Ceiling robots can reconfigure room lights and curtains. New Scientist. I was initially sceptical about the value of robots on the ceiling, but then I thought about hospital wards, where the size of bays is preconfigured and inflexible. If you had robot swarms managing the shape and size of bays, you might…
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Without context, we see what we want to see
I don’t know anything about the backstory here, and am just assuming that the situation is as described in the title of the video. As soon as I saw the video, there were a few things I thought were worth noting: In short, given the lack of context, we all see what we want to…
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Contact is a complex phenomenon…
It’s interesting to think that we’re building systems to help robots understand physical contact (granted, it’s mainly from a physics perspective), when we don’t yet really understand human touch.
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Comment: Opening up a physics simulator for robotics
When you walk, your feet make contact with the ground. When you write, your fingers make contact with the pen. Physical contacts are what makes interaction with the world possible. Yet, for such a common occurrence, contact is a surprisingly complex phenomenon. Taking place at microscopic scales at the interface of two bodies, contacts can…