Robot hand can detach from arm, crawl over to objects, and pick them up Beyond Manual Dexterity” is one such video. It wows you in the first few seconds with a highly dexterous robotic gripper, and then things start to go off the rails. The video debuted along with a research paper of the same name at IEEE’s International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Rotterdam this week. 09/28/2024 - 3:57 am | View Link
Animated family film 'The Wild Robot' is whimsically sweet but too lightweight Lupita Nyong'o leads the voice cast in a well-made film from director Chris Sanders that is no 'Iron Giant' or 'Wall-E.' 09/27/2024 - 4:32 am | View Link
Flocks of assembler robots show potential for making larger structures MIT researchers made significant steps toward creating robots that could practically and economically assemble nearly anything, including things much larger than themselves, from vehicles to buildings to larger robots. Their new study shows both assembler bots and components of the structure being built can all be made of the same subunits, and robots can move independently in large numbers to ... 09/27/2024 - 12:19 pm | View Website
Dexterous robotic hands manipulate thousands of objects with ease Not only does the robot need to manipulate the object, but also circumvent gravity so it doesn’t fall down. The team found that a simple approach could solve complex problems. They used a model-free reinforcement learning algorithm (meaning the system has to figure out value functions from interactions with the environment) with deep learning ... 09/27/2024 - 9:34 am | View Website
A better way to control shape-shifting soft robots Here, a reconfigurable robot learns to elongate and curve its soft body to weave around obstacles and reach a target. Image: Courtesy of the researchers “Such a robot could have thousands of small pieces of muscle to control, so it is very hard to learn in a traditional way,” says Chen. 09/27/2024 - 5:24 am | View Website
Robotics | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Helping robots practice skills independently to adapt to unfamiliar environments. A new algorithm helps robots practice skills like sweeping and placing objects, potentially helping them improve at important tasks in houses, hospitals, and factories. August 8, 2024. Read full story. 09/26/2024 - 9:10 pm | View Website
Computer-aided creativity in robot design Choosing the best robot design requires controlling each robot’s movements and evaluating its function. “Up until now, these robots are just structures,” says Zhao. The controller is the set of instructions that brings those structures to life, governing the movement sequence of the robot’s various motors. 09/26/2024 - 10:11 am | View Website
“Kalevala,” a compilation of epic poetry drawn from Karelian and Finnish folklore and mythology, is full of violence, but director Antti J. Jokinen – who has adapted the book for his film “Kalevala: The Story of Kullervo,” set in the 1100s and centering on the tragic hero Kullervo – has “no interest” in that.
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“She always looks so extreme,” a fellow teacher observes of Maggie Smith’s trademark rigidity in “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” (1969), putting her finger on the straight-backed, nose-high hauteur audiences enjoyed for more than half a century. A shrill and tragically short-sighted instructor at a school full of impressionable-aged girls, Jean Brodie proved to […]
According to recent research from Amazon Ads, 72% of monthly streaming viewers want to see more authentic, cross-cultural stories in the media. That study, titled “Ads to Zeitgeist,” examines why streaming is at the forefront of the globalization of storytelling. “It’s an interesting time in the world of television and content creation,” said Nick Pepper, […]