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July 16, 2022

A robotic hand with four fingers and a single motor, holding a box of crackers. With the help of the environment, it is possible to change the shape of the hand before the grip to bring about a secure grip adapted to the object being grasped. Courtesy of the researcher

How many fingers should a robot have on its hand?

Minimalist robotic grips - design, algorithms, and control of grip systems
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Autonomous decision-making under conditions of uncertainty

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This problem in artificial intelligence is also called "belief space planning". Solving this problem, i.e. calculating the set of optimal actions to achieve the goal, requires an estimate of the potential actions under some reward or price function such as distance to the goal or a measure of uncertainty
Prof. Carmit Levy. Photo: Tel Aviv University spokesperson

Man, don't you have an appetite? go out in the sun

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A study found that men who are in the sun eat more
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