CoRL2025 – RobustDexGrasp: dexterous robot hand grasping of nearly any object
The dexterity gap: from human hand to robot hand Observe your own hand. As you read this, it’s holding your phone or clicking your mouse with ...
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Finger-shaped sensor enables more dexterous robots
MIT researchers have developed a camera-based touch sensor that is long, curved, and shaped like a human finger. Their device, which provides ...
Join us for Read 25 in ’25
Every year on the Happier with Gretchen Rubin podcast, my sister Elizabeth and I invite our listeners to join us in an annual challenge. For a bit of whimsy, we use the calendar year to ...
Tips for writing your “25 for 25” list
The start of a new year offers a terrific opportunity to reflect on what we want from the next twelve months. Making a New Year’s resolution is a popular way to set those aims, but it’s ...
How to be happier in 2025, and the Question Everyone Forgets to Ask
The start of a new year brings fresh possibilities—a chance to reflect, reset, and focus on what matters most. When it comes to happiness, however, research shows that we’re not always ...
3 Reasons to Give Up Your New Year’s Resolution
Every year, millions of people set New Year’s resolutions with great hopes, and every year, most of those resolutions get abandoned–quickly. There’s even a discouraging name for it: ...
Huawei’s Mate XT is actually selling well, new rumor reveals
You might have thought that the first tri-folding phone that Huawei showed back in September and then launched globally is just a gimmick, but ...
Gretchen Rubin’s Recommendations: Archiving and Saving the Things That MatterÂ
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Gretchen Rubin’s Recommendations: Saving Time and Improving Focus
When it comes to saving time and staying focused, the right tools can make all the difference. Sometimes, we rely on workarounds or makeshift ...
New technique helps robots pack objects into a tight space
MIT researchers are using generative AI models to help robots more efficiently solve complex object manipulation problems, such as packing a box ...
Gretchen Rubin’s Recommendations: Making Life Easier
Some things just make life easier—small, simple items that streamline daily tasks and remove tiny frustrations. As Samuel Johnson wrote, “To live in ...
Goal representations for instruction following
By Andre He, Vivek Myers A longstanding goal of the field of robot learning has been to create generalist agents that can perform tasks for ...
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