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MIT CSAIL’s new vision system helps robots understand their bodies

Robotics Business Review

Source: MIT CSAIL In an office at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, or MIT CSAIL, a soft robotic hand curls its fingers to grasp a small object. It offers a different approach to robotic control. student at MIT CSAIL.

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Ai2 says new MolmoAct 7B model brings AI into the physical world

Robotics Business Review

Source: Ai2, Adobe Stock The Allen Institute for AI, also known as Ai2, yesterday announced the release of MolmoAct 7B, an embodied AI model that it said brings state-of-the-art artificial intelligence models into the physical world. In accordance with Ai2’s mission, MolmoAct is fully open-source and reproducible.

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Should You Add Linear Scales to Your Machine?

Modern Machine Shop

Source: Getty Images Reader Question: Our shop is ramping up to buy new equipment before end of the year and we’ve narrowed our choice down to a single machine. On a typical machine, your controller commands an axis to move a certain distance.

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Black-channel approach to functional safety

Control Engineering

The FSoE control command allows for advanced safe motion functions according to IEC 61800-5-2. Safety over EtherCAT (FSoE) is an open safety system with multiple vendors of safety controllers, safety inputs and outputs and functionally-safe drives. Users can distinguish safety-specific communication issues. . Robert Trask, P.E.,