“He has the mechanical arms of a bodybuilder, but he uses them delicately to carefully fold towels, arrange flowers in a vase, and grasp small objects, such as vines. It's Blue, the low-cost robot designed by the American University of Berkeley to be controlled by artificial intelligence and learn from its mistakes.
According to the designers, Blue could accelerate the development of home robots that help humans with housework. “We wanted to design a robot that was safe for humans and itself, fit perfectly with recent developments in artificial intelligence, and wasn't too expensive,” explained Pieter Abbeel, one of Blue's dads.
The total cost for assembling the robot is, in fact, about 5,000 dollars. Strength and at the same time accuracy are its characteristics. His bodybuilder arms, despite their appearance, are in fact very flexible, capable of making precision movements by modulating power, and sensitive to external forces, such as the push of a hand.
Berkeley researchers are thinking of large-scale applications of Blue and are already working on making the first 10 examples. Other researchers will be able to book them on the website of the American university, through its spin-off Berkeley Open Arms. "
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