Researchers at the Nanyang Technological University are testing well their robots can complete tasks by making them assemble IKEA furniture in cluttered environments.
Robots can cook and are widely used in manufacturing assembly lines, IKEA even uses them to flat pack their furniture, but doing highly dextrous everyday tasks are a challenge, especially in messy environments.
To develop the ability to complete real world tasks that require fine motor control in cluttered situations, Francisco Suarez-Ruiz and Quang-Cuong Pham are making a robot build an IKEA chair.
The robot sports six cameras for vision and two six-axis motion arms with parallel grippers that have force sensors. The sensors allow the robot to “feel” how firmly it grips objects and when the object meets resistance.
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Robots can cook and are widely used in manufacturing assembly lines, IKEA even uses them to flat pack their furniture, but doing highly dextrous everyday tasks are a challenge, especially in messy environments.
To develop the ability to complete real world tasks that require fine motor control in cluttered situations, Francisco Suarez-Ruiz and Quang-Cuong Pham are making a robot build an IKEA chair.
The robot sports six cameras for vision and two six-axis motion arms with parallel grippers that have force sensors. The sensors allow the robot to “feel” how firmly it grips objects and when the object meets resistance.
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