Research at Michigan State University focuses on teaching robots to use color to perceive, visualize and interpret interactions when manipulating objects.
According to foreign media reports, the school is developing a force interpretation optical system so that robots can distinguish and manipulate soft and fragile objects-which is particularly useful for medical and other auxiliary robots.
“We are working to integrate photoelastic gels into the stress-interpreting optical system of a vision-based tactile gel robot,” said Shaoting Lin, assistant professor of mechanical engineering.
“Creating this perception for the robot will help it operate ultra-gently on soft and fragile objects.
“, Lin is the principal researcher, working with Wei Li, assistant professor of civil engineering at Stony Brook University, and Yu She, assistant professor of industrial engineering at Purdue University.
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