Transforming Robots Help to Transfer Skills

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November 15, 2022

Dear Reader, Robots are found in nearly every workplace, from hospital operating rooms to car manufacturing plants. Each does a specific job and many can learn new skills on the fly. But the computer system that tells a human-like robotic hand how to pick up an object cannot necessarily prompt a two-fingered gripper to do the same task. Now researchers are developing a technique for transferring skills from one type of machine to another with a different shape.

Sophie Bushwick, Associate Editor, Technology @sophiebushwick

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