Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology developed robots that have the ability to reason about shape, function and attachment of unrelated parts. This lets the robots build basic tools by combining objects. The breakthrough is a significant step toward enabling intelligent agents to devise tools that could prove useful in hazardous situations.
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Originally published on CTE: 2019-09-20
CTE source: https://ctemag.com/news/teaching-robots-build-and-use-tools/
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