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Why Robot Arms Still Cant Pick a Single Screw from a Bin
Episode 138 of The Robotics Podcast tackles one of manufacturing's most stubborn bottlenecks: bin picking. While robots can assemble complex electronics, they still fail at a task any human can do in seconds—picking the right screw from a mixed bin. Lucas walks through the perception and grasping problems using the example of an M6 hex-head screw mixed with washers and nuts. He cites a 2025 Fraunhofer Institute study showing success rates below 70% for novel part geometries. Luna questions why deep learning hasn't solved this, and Lucas explains the curse of specular reflections and…
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