may 29, 2010 - robot

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Robotic manipulation of non-rigid objects – where the configuration is unknown beforehand – became possible during 2010. A robot developed at the University of California was demonstrated analysing towels "on the fly", rather than being given a fixed set of movements. It could scan different shapes, colours and materials using a pair of high-resolution cameras, then fold and arrange them into neat piles.

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