MIT Researchers Developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technique that Enables a Robot to Develop Complex Plans for Manipulating an Object Using its Entire Hand

MIT researchers have developed a new approach to contact-rich manipulation planning for robots using artificial intelligence and smoothing techniques, addressing the weaknesses of model-based approaches and achieving efficient global motion planning for contact-rich systems.

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AI Researchers Are Teaching Robots to Mimic Human Dexterity - Decrypt

Researchers at MIT, the University of Bristol, and Stanford University are making significant progress in enhancing robotic dexterity and tactile sensing, using techniques like reinforcement learning and sim-to-real deep reinforcement learning, opening the possibilities for robots to manipulate objects with the finesse and precision of human hands.