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Like babies and dancers, this robot learns from studying itself
'Robots need to learn to take care of themselves.'
The robot observed a video of itself and then used that data to plan its next actions—a practice the researchers refer to as “kinematic self-awareness.” This unique learning process is designed to mimic the way humans adjust certain movements by watching themselves in a mirror. “Our goal is a robot that understands its own body, adapts to damage, and learns new skills without constant human programming,” Columbia University doctoral student and paper lead author Yuhang Hu said in a statement. “Our results demonstrate that this self-learned simulation not only enables accurate motion planning but also allows the robot to detect abnormalities and recover from damage,” the researchers wrote in a preprint version of the paper.
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