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Robots teaching robots? Check. Robots teaching humans? Check. Robots learning things on their own accord? Um, terrifying? All kidding aside, the UMass Mobile Manipulator is one smart cookie. Put simply, that intelligent robot pushes objects around in order to identify how they move, and once that’s achieve, it begins “manipulating them to perform tasks.” whether that sounds awfully similar to something your infant does, that’s considering the two are indeed very much related. UMan,

as it’s so eloquently dubbed, packs its own wheels, battery pack, one-meter arm, three-fingered hand and webcam in order to interact with the world, and certain decent, one researcher even mentioned the potential of it learning to operate a pair of scissors. Great, what’s next — a BFG?

[Via CrunchGear]

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Original post by Darren Murph