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Why Robot Arms Still Cant Handle a Bowling Pin
In episode 97 of The Robotics Podcast, Lucas and Luna tackle a deceptively hard problem: why robot arms still can't reliably pick up and set down a bowling pin. They walk through the physics—the pin's tilted center of mass, its hard glossy surface, and the need to reorient it in mid-air—and explain why even the latest gripper designs from companies like Festo and RightHand Robotics fall short. Along the way, they reveal what the bowling pin challenge teaches us about the real bottleneck in warehouse automation: handling objects that are asymmetric, slippery, and top-heavy. If…
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