{"id":248094,"date":"2024-07-26T14:56:23","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T14:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/26\/watch-a-robot-peel-a-squash-with-human-like-dexterity\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:13:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:13:51","slug":"watch-a-robot-peel-a-squash-with-human-like-dexterity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/26\/watch-a-robot-peel-a-squash-with-human-like-dexterity\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch a robot peel a squash with human-like dexterity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>\n    <iframe title=\"Watch a robot peel vegetables with human-like dexterity\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fh3L2DywJBE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n    <\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>A robot that peels vegetables in the same way that people do demonstrates a level of dexterity that could help move delicate objects along a manufacturing line.<\/p>\n<p>Prototype <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article-topic\/robots\/\">robots<\/a> are often tasked with peeling vegetables to test their ability to carefully handle awkward objects. But these challenges are usually simplified, such as the vegetable being fixed in place, or only testing single fruits or vegetables, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2313365-watch-a-robot-peel-a-banana-without-crushing-it-into-oblivion\/\">peeling a banana<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.csail.mit.edu\/pulkitag\/\">Pulkit Agrawal<\/a> at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his colleagues have developed a robotic system that can rotate different types of fruit and vegetable using its fingers on one hand, while the other arm is made to peel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese additional steps of doing rotation are something which is very straightforward to humans, we don\u2019t even think about it,\u201d says Agrawal. \u201cBut for a robot, this becomes challenging.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>First, the robot was taught in a simulated environment, receiving an algorithmic reward for a proper rotation and a punishment if it rotated the wrong way or not at all.<\/p>\n<p>Next, the robot was tested under real-world conditions by tasking it with peeling fruits and vegetables such as a pumpkin, radish and papaya. It used one hand to rotate the produce, using feedback from touch sensors, while a human-controlled robot arm did the peeling.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"js-content-prompt-opportunity\"\/><\/p>\n<figure class=\"ArticleImage\">\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/23145043\/SEI_213285031.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1288px) 837px, (min-width: 1024px) calc(57.5vw + 55px), (min-width: 415px) calc(100vw - 40px), calc(70vw + 74px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/23145043\/SEI_213285031.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/23145043\/SEI_213285031.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/23145043\/SEI_213285031.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/23145043\/SEI_213285031.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/23145043\/SEI_213285031.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/23145043\/SEI_213285031.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/23145043\/SEI_213285031.jpg?width=837 837w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/23145043\/SEI_213285031.jpg?width=900 900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/23145043\/SEI_213285031.jpg?width=1003 1003w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/23145043\/SEI_213285031.jpg?width=1100 1100w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/23145043\/SEI_213285031.jpg?width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/23145043\/SEI_213285031.jpg?width=1300 1300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/23145043\/SEI_213285031.jpg?width=1400 1400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/23145043\/SEI_213285031.jpg?width=1500 1500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/23145043\/SEI_213285031.jpg?width=1600 1600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/23145043\/SEI_213285031.jpg?width=1674 1674w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/23145043\/SEI_213285031.jpg?width=1700 1700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/23145043\/SEI_213285031.jpg?width=1800 1800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/23145043\/SEI_213285031.jpg?width=1900 1900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/23145043\/SEI_213285031.jpg?width=2006 2006w\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-image-context=\"Article\" data-image-id=\"2440770\" data-caption=\"The robot can hold and rotate a vegetable in one hand, while the other arm peels\" data-credit=\"Tao Chen, Eric Cousineau, Naveen Kuppuswamy, Pulkit Agrawal\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImageCaption__CaptionWrapper\">\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Title\">The robot can hold and rotate a vegetable in one hand, while the other arm peels<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Credit\">Tao Chen, Eric Cousineau, Naveen Kuppuswamy, Pulkit Agrawal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/definition\/algorithms\/\">algorithm<\/a> struggles with smaller, more awkwardly shaped vegetables, such as ginger, says Agrawal, but the team hopes to expand its capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Grasping and reorienting objects are challenging tasks for any robot, and the speed and firm grip of this one is impressive, says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheffield.ac.uk\/acse\/department\/people\/academic\/jonathan-m-aitken\">Jonathan Aitken<\/a> at the University of Sheffield in the UK. It could be useful in factories where objects have to be moved from one machine to another with the correct orientation, he says.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is unlikely to be used in an industrial setting for peeling vegetables because other approaches already exist, such as automatic potato peelers, says Aitken.<\/p>\n<section class=\"ArticleTopics\">\n<p class=\"ArticleTopics__Heading\">Topics:<\/p>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2440687-watch-a-robot-peel-a-squash-with-human-like-dexterity\/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=home\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] A robot that peels vegetables in the same way that people do demonstrates a level of dexterity that could help move delicate objects along<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":248095,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248094"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}