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Why Robot Arms Still Can't Slice a Tomato
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the surprisingly difficult challenge of teaching a robot arm to slice a tomato. They break down the physics of cutting with a knife — variable friction, deformable objects, precise force control — and explain why even the most advanced industrial arms from companies like Fanuc and ABB struggle with a task a sous-chef does in seconds. With comparisons to Amazon's robotic depalletizing and a recent paper from MIT's CSAIL, they show why food handling is robotics' next great frontier.
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