Researchers from the New Jersey Institute of Technology have taught a robot how to use a pair of nunchucks in just a few hours via a more human , intuitive approach . But the approach is not task-specific, so the researchers say it could help teach all kinds of complex, dynamic motor skills now beyond robots, particularly those dealing with partly soft, partly rigid objects. Researchers built a bionic hand and motion - capture camera . They then used an approach whereby the teacher first explained the nunchucks trick step by step , using an intuitive symbolic flow chart . The teacher then demonstrated the trick , evaluating his own performance after each demonstration . This created data the robot could learn from as well as use for criteria for self - evaluation as it practised .
Researchers from the New Jersey Institute of Technology have taught a robot how to use a pair of nunchucks in just a few hours via a more human , intuitive approach . Researchers built a bionic hand and motion - capture camera . They then used an approach whereby the teacher first explained the nunchucks trick step by step , using an intuitive symbolic flow chart . The teacher then demonstrated the trick , evaluating his own performance after each demonstration . This created data the robot could learn from as well as use for criteria for self - evaluation as it practised .