Channel: New Scientist

Category: Science & Technology

Tags: handsdataairoboticspeeltouchbananasmachine learningmotor skillsartificial intelligencerobotdexterityartificialbanana peel

Description: Handling soft fruit is tricky for robots, but after training with hours of data from a human operator, a machine learning algorithm developed the motor skills needed to peel a banana 57 per cent of the time. Read more: newscientist.com/article/2313365-robot-learns-to-peel-a-banana-by-copying-a-human-demonstrator Subscribe ➤ bit.ly/NSYTSUBS Get more from New Scientist: Official website: bit.ly/NSYTHP Facebook: bit.ly/NSYTFB Twitter: bit.ly/NSYTTW Instagram: bit.ly/NSYTINSTA LinkedIn: bit.ly/NSYTLIN About New Scientist: New Scientist was founded in 1956 for “all those interested in scientific discovery and its social consequences”. Today our website, videos, newsletters, app, podcast and print magazine cover the world’s most important, exciting and entertaining science news as well as asking the big-picture questions about life, the universe, and what it means to be human. New Scientist newscientist.com #robotics, #machine learning, #artificial intelligence