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Why Robot Arms Still Cant Thread a Moving Needle
In this episode of The Robotics Podcast, Lucas and Luna tackle one of the most stubborn challenges in automation: threading a needle on a moving sewing machine. They explore why this task is fundamentally different from static threading, the physics of high-speed fabric interaction, and how a team at MIT's CSAIL recently achieved a 73 percent success rate by combining high-speed cameras with reinforcement learning. The hosts also discuss the broader implications for flexible manufacturing, from automated garment assembly to surgical suturing. Lucas breaks down the three core problems…
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