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 hundreds-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 six 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.