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Why Robot Arms Cant Handle a Towel
In episode 111 of The Robotics Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore the surprising difficulty robots have with grasping and folding towels. They break down the physics of compliant fabrics, the limitations of current gripper designs, and a recent MIT CSAIL paper that uses overhead cameras and simulation to make progress. Along the way, they discuss why a towel is harder than a rigid object, how humans do it effortlessly, and what this means for robotics in laundry and beyond. A specific, focused look at one of the last frontiers in robotic manipulation.
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