Can a robot figure out how heavy or soft an object is without using a single camera or force sensor? According to a recent arXiv paper, the answer is yes—and the solution lies entirely in how the ...

Vision technology is shifting from image capture to object recognition and tracking. Robots with advanced 3D capability can differentiate objects, perceive human form. How autonomous robots are ...

RF Grasp is a picking robot that combines vision with radio frequency (RF) sensing to find and grasps objects, even if they're hidden from view. The technology could aid fulfillment in e-commerce ...

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, ...

Humanoid robot David is perceiving a cup using his RGB-D camera; in the following, he will grasp it and fill the dishwasher. Tracking objects and kinematic structures in 3D space and determining their ...

Weed control is essential in apple orchards because weeds compete with trees for nutrients, water and sunlight, which can ...

Imagine a coffee cup sitting on a table. Now, imagine a book partially obscuring the cup. As humans, we still know what the coffee cup is even though we can't see all of it. But a robot might be ...

Now, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a new type of touch-sensitive technology that helps a four-legged robot carry unsecured objects on its back, much like an animal carrying ...