Two researchers from the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore , have been developing a robot to assemble an IKEA chair , in what MIT describes as the " Moon - landing equivalent for robots " . The robot consists of two arms that have six - axis motion and parallel grippers , capable of picking up﻿ objects using motion sensors . In order to teach the robot how to assemble﻿ the chair , the team have divided﻿ each task up into sections . Although they have not successfully assembled the entire chair yet﻿ , what they have already achieved﻿ opens up the possibility for a single﻿ robot to be trained to complete tasks which involves putting dozens of components together .
Two researchers from the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, have been using a robot to assemble an IKEA chair, in what MIT describes as the "Moon-landing equivalent for robots". The robot consists of two arms that have six-axis motion and parallel grippers, capable of picking up﻿ objects using force sensors. In order to teach the robot how to assemble﻿ the chair, the team have divided﻿ each﻿ task up into sections. Although they have not successfully built the entire chair yet﻿, what they have already achieved﻿ opens up the possibility for a single﻿ robot to be trained to complete tasks which involves putting hundreds of components together.