In a new study, bumble bees solve a completely novel object-manipulation task. What makes this behavior especially remarkable ...

A century ago, a psychologist named Wolfgang Köhler proved that chimpanzees could solve complex ...

Teaching robots to manipulate objects with humanlike dexterity has long been one of robotics' toughest challenges. Tasks such ...

Bumblebees were able to complete several new object-manipulation tasks in a series of groundbreaking experiments.

Robotic manipulation of deformable objects addresses the complexities of interacting with items that change shape under force, such as cables, textiles, biological tissues and foodstuffs. Unlike rigid ...

Humanoid robots are increasingly capable of performing complex real-world tasks, but many still struggle ...

Stuttgart – Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS), the University of Michigan, and Cornell University have demonstrated a breakthrough in microrobotics: swarms of ...

Researchers have compiled a dataset that captures the detailed behavior of a robotic system physically pushing hundreds of different objects. Using the dataset -- the largest and most diverse of its ...

Sanctuary AI's Phoenix robot is certainly an impressive beast, with hydraulically actuated hands that are incredibly dextrous. Well, those hands have recently become even more useful, as each one is ...

Scientists summarize, compare and contrast research in learned robot manipulation through the lens of adaptability and outline promising research directions for the future. What if a robot could ...