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Robotic system zeroes in on objects most relevant for helping humans
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Robotic system zeroes in on objects most relevant for helping humans

Using a novel relevance framework developed at MIT, the robot identifies and prioritizes objects in the scene to autonomously assist humans in a...

AI brings tactile textures to 3D-printed objects
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AI brings tactile textures to 3D-printed objects

TactStyle’s user interface, implemented as a Blender plugin, allows users to load (a) original 3D model and (b) stylize with image prompts. In...

Transforming flat-to-shape objects using sewing technology
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Transforming flat-to-shape objects using sewing technology

The flat-to-shape chair in action. Credit: Carnegie Mellon University Researchers from the Human Computer Interaction Institute (HCII) and Robotics Institute (RI) at Carnegie...

Making objects disappear in real time in live recordings
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Making objects disappear in real time in live recordings

A crack in the stone becomes an undamaged surface. Credit: ICV—TU Graz Researchers at the Institute of Visual Computing have made it possible...

3D printing approach strings together dynamic objects to assemble bionic robots, sculptures and more
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3D printing approach strings together dynamic objects to assemble bionic robots, sculptures and more

Xstrings facilitates how cables are integrated into the object it’s producing. Users can choose exactly how the strings are secured, including its endpoint,...

‘Odd’ objects excel at navigating challenging terrains without central control
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‘Odd’ objects excel at navigating challenging terrains without central control

Physicists from the University of Amsterdam and the University of Chicago have demonstrated a series of ‘odd’ objects that are remarkably good at...

Biohybrid hand uses sushi-like rolls of lab-grown human muscle to move objects
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Biohybrid hand uses sushi-like rolls of lab-grown human muscle to move objects

The MuMuTAs are mounted on the forearm of the hand with a pair for each finger. Gold electrodes inserted into both sides of...

Robotic gripper mimics human hand to move multiple objects together
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Robotic gripper mimics human hand to move multiple objects together

Human multi-object grasping strategy and the developed gripper : Humans can repeatedly grasp and store objects one by one using finger-to-palm translation, allowing...

Helping machine learning models identify objects in any pose
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Helping machine learning models identify objects in any pose

In the joint semantic-pose embedding, images are clustered by semantics (left) and within each cluster images form a mini-cluster by pose (right). Credit:...