The robots that can do things like assemble car parts have been around for decades. The robot that folds towels, however, does something very new, as underlined by the development team members, including Jeremy want to set-Shepard Matins and Pieter Abbeel. The kind robots that assemble parts of cars are designed to work very well structured environments, allowing them to perform repetitive tasks with high precision, but only in carefully controlled environments. Out of such scenarios, their capabilities are much more limited. Continue reading →