Teaching robots to manipulate objects with humanlike dexterity has long been one of robotics' toughest challenges. Tasks such ...

Whether in the kitchen or on a workshop floor, robot assistants that can fetch items for people could be extremely useful. Now, a team of Brown University researchers has developed a way of making ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Whether in the kitchen or on a workshop floor, robot assistants that can fetch items for people could be extremely useful. Now, a team of Brown University ...

What if robots could learn to handle objects without watching humans? The new way training data is created can shape what robots learn.

CAMBRIDGE, MA – A human clearing junk out of an attic can often guess the contents of a box simply by picking it up and giving it a shake, without the need to see what’s inside. Researchers from MIT, ...

Imagine working at a warehouse or office sometime in the near future, and you're asked to help a new trainee learn the basics ...

While large language models (LLMs) have mastered text (and other modalities to some extent), they lack the physical "common sense" to operate in dynamic, real-world environments. This has limited the ...