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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Rodrique Ngowi

MIT researchers channel AI to turn hand gestures into robot training data

AI Robot Hands Wristband - (AP Photo/Rodrique Ngowi)

Humanoid robots struggling with tasks like grasping a cup have a new teacher — a person wearing an ultrasound wristband that captures the movement of muscles, tendons and ligaments beneath the skin.

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology developed the tool to collect data of human hand motion that could eventually help robots achieve the dexterity that has been difficult for machines to master.

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