date:May 31, 2022
It is still not easy for robots to something as simple as picking an apple from a tree. Robotics researcher Joe Davidson: Its a simple thing for humans. You and I, we could close our eyes, reach into the tree. We could feel around, touch it, and say hey, thats an apple and the stems up here. Pull, twist. We could do all that without even looking.
Researchers have been working for decades to create a robotic implement that can pick an apple and drop it into a bin without damaging it Davidson an