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Why Robot Arms Still Can't Catch a Ball
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore why robotic arms, despite decades of development, still struggle with a task a five-year-old can master: catching a ball. They break down the physics of predictive grasping, the limitations of current sensor fusion, and how a 2025 MIT study using event-based cameras achieved a 60 percent catch rate on slow lobs—still far from human reflexes. The conversation covers the difference between reactive and anticipatory control, the role of latency in robotic vision, and why the challenge isn't just hardware but the software of predicting trajectories. A…
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