Meet Famula: a self-learning robotic system that can handle objects without knowing their specific characteristics.
Researchers at Bielefeld University developed a grasp learning system that autonomously familiarizes itself with unknown objects. The robot hand simply learns by exploring objects on its own.
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Such an approach can be used to enable home robots to interact with new objects in new environments on their own. More info is available on Bielefeld University’s channel.
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