Agile Robots trains robots from videos of employees' hands
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Robots are being taught from video of human hands, and the shortage of training data for robots is gradually closing.
According to 3DNews, in its Robot Academy project Munich-based Agile Robots films employees performing tasks, records hand and finger movements and fine-tunes robots in a virtual environment. The chief executive asked: "If people learn in school, why can't robots?" The company has raised $1.5 billion, deployed 20,000 systems and, per the same report, is seeking another $800 million with SoftBank's participation.
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