The robot, which successfully put together an IKEA chair autonomously and without interruption, was developed by scientists at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. But thanks to AI, assembling the retailer's chairs could be a nuisance of the past.
And while a robot can be programmed to do a single assembly-line task efficiently, mastering all of the small tasks that IKEA assembly requires is a bigger challenge.
Guided by algorithms coded by its developers, the robot's main physical components include a 3D camera, parallel grippers on the end of industrial robotic arms capable of six-axis motion, and force sensors mounted on the wrist.
The robot, developed by scientists at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University, can put together the wooden IKEA chair in just eight minutes and 55 seconds - a swift timing that may give even DIY enthusiasts a run for their money. "The job of assembly, which may come naturally to humans, has to be broken down into different steps, such as identifying where the different chair parts are, the force required to grip the parts, and making sure the robotic arms move without colliding into each other".
NTU's robot, which took three years to build, consists of two arms and a 3D camera that lets it read the furniture parts presented to it.
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The researchers are looking to develop the robot so it can learn to assemble furniture through human demonstration or by reading instructions. It was then able to assemble the chair in under nine minutes. First though, researchers are hoping to improve the robot's dexterity so they can apply their technology to the automotive and aircraft manufacturing industry. "On top of these skills, you have to be able to manage their complex interactions between the robot and the environment".
The robot was built to manipulate objects in the same way a human would.
"We have achieved the low-level capability to teach the robot "how to do it" and then in the next five to 10 years, high-level reasoning - the "what to do" - could be done too", team member Quang-Cuong Pham told Reuters.
The robot was built entirely from off the shelf components, which the scientists say helped keep the costs down. NTU also has a campus in Novena, Singapore's medical district.
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