One of the robotic manipulators used in the data collection experiments. In robotics, this is referred to as visual servoing, and in addition to improving grasping accuracy, it makes grasping possible when objects are moving around or changing orientation during the grasping process, a very common thing to have happen in those pesky “real-world situations.” You can grab stuff with your eyes closed, but you’re much better at it if you watch your hand interacting with the object that you’re trying to pick up. Part of what makes animals so good at grasping things are our eyes, as opposed to just our hands. We talk to the researchers about how their approach is unique, and why 800,000 grasps (!) is just the beginning. For roboticists who don’t want to wait through the equivalent of an entire robotic childhood, there are ways to streamline the process: at Google Research, they’ve set up more than a dozen robotic arms and let them work for months on picking up objects that are heavy, light, flat, large, small, rigid, soft, and translucent (although not all at once). Part of the reason that you’re pretty good at picking things up is that when you were little, you spent a lot of time trying and failing to pick things up, and learning from your experiences. You are likely pretty good at picking things up. Join the world’s largest professional organization devoted to engineering and applied sciences and get access to this e-book plus all of IEEE Spectrum’s articles, archives, PDF downloads, and other benefits. Join the world’s largest professional organization devoted to engineering and applied sciences and get access toĪll of Spectrum’s articles, archives, PDF downloads, and other benefits. For more exclusive content and features, consider , including the ability to save articles to read later, download Spectrum Collections, and participate inĬonversations with readers and editors. 's Digital Edition is exclusive for IEEE Membersįollowing topics is a feature exclusive for IEEE MembersĪdding your response to an article requires an IEEE Spectrum accountĬreate an account to access more content and features on The Institute content is only available for membersĭownloading full PDF issues is exclusive for IEEE Membersĭownloading this e-book is exclusive for IEEE Members Saving articles to read later requires an IEEE Spectrum account Enjoy more free content and benefits by creating an account
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