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Tentacle robot can gently grasp fragile objects

If you’ve ever played the claw game at an arcade, you know how hard it is to grab and hold onto objects using robotics grippers. Imagine how much more nerve-wracking that game would be if, instead of plush stuffed animals, you were trying to grab a fragile piece of endangered coral or a priceless artifact from a sunken ship.

A new robotic gripper made of measuring tape is sizing up fruit and veggie picking

It's a game a lot of us played as children -- and maybe even later in life: unspooling measuring tape to see how far it would extend before bending. But to engineer, this game was an inspiration, suggesting that measuring tape could become a great material for a robotic gripper.…

April 12, 2025

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Meta unveils HOT3D dataset for advanced computer vision training

While most humans can innately use their hands to communicate with others or grab and manipulate objects, many existing robotic systems only excel at simple manual tasks. In recent years, computer scientists worldwide have been developing machine learning-based models that can process images of humans completing manual tasks, using acquired…

January 4, 2025

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I created a free tool for texturing 3D objects using Automatic1111 webui and sd-webui-controlnet ( by Mikubill + llyasviel). Now game-devs can texture lots of decorations/characters on their own PC for free.

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