MIT researchers have developed an AI technique that enables a robot to develop complex plans for manipulating an object using its entire hand, not just the fingertips. This model can generate effective plans in about a minute using a standard laptop, potentially enabling factories to use smaller, mobile robots that can manipulate objects with their entire arms or bodies. This technique could also be useful in robots sent on exploration missions to Mars or other solar system bodies, since they could adapt to the environment quickly using only an onboard computer.
