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		sasaf5 on Sept 30, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Amazon hid its safety crisis While I worked with robotic manipulators back in 2006 this was called the grasping problem (apparently still unsolved).

HeWhoLurksLate on Sept 30, 2020 [–]

I'm not sure I understand; can you explain that to me?

sasaf5 on Sept 30, 2020 | [–]

Sorry if I sounded obvious. For me at that time it was very curious that, after solving complex control problems to move those robotic arms, something so mundane such as grasping an object would still be unsolved.

Turns out that it's a really difficult problem.

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