Agile Robots uses recordings of workers to teach machines factory tasks

First reported by Bloomberg at · Updated · 2 sources

According to Quartz, the Munich startup’s Robot Academy records workers’ hand and finger movements to help its machines learn how to perform factory tasks. Its chief executive says the approach addresses a shortage of training data that is slowing industrial automation, according to Bloomberg.

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