Showing Robots "Tough Love" Helps them Succeed (VIDEO)

University of Southern California

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According to a new study by USC computer scientists, to help a robot succeed, you might need to show it some tough love. In a computer-simulated manipulation task, the researchers found that training a robot with a human adversary significantly improved its grasp of objects.

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USC Viterbi School of Engineering

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