Robot-Assisted Feeding (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Robot-Assisted Feeding

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A team led by researchers at the University of Washington created a set of 11 actions a robotic arm can make to pick up nearly any food attainable by fork. This allows the system to learn to pick up new foods during one meal. Here, the robot picks up fruit.

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University of Washington

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