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Dextrous Robotics, a startup based in Memphis, Tennessee, is building robots for use in warehouses. By the way, normally, a robot arm holds a box, etc., but two arms are equipped with chopsticks to hold things. Using its own AI, high speed and power, and two synchronized chopsticks, the robot can comfortably unload any kind of luggage up to 40 kg between the cargo hold of a truck and a conveyor belt.
Evan Drumwright, CEO of Dextrus Robotics, a former Toyota Research Lab and George Washington University graduate, came up with a solution with chopsticks while working with a student on box handling that didn’t involve sucking or grabbing. said to have done They are said to have originated from the fact that using chopsticks can lift from a single grain of rice to a large side dish.
Of course, handling chopsticks requires a sense of balance or force control, and may require sophisticated learning to avoid scratching the gripped object. Dextrus Robotics is also using simulation-based know-how as a strength for software for this purpose.
Commercial sales of the robot are expected in 2022. In the future, it will be possible to use chopsticks using a pair of towers. Related information can be found here.
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