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Meet Blue, the Low-cost, human-friendly Robot designed for AI

Blue the robot’s arms – about the size of a human bodybuilder’s — were designed to take advantage of recent advances in artificial intelligence to master intricate, human-centered tasks, like folding towels.
Credit: Philip Downey

Blue’s creators hope the new robot will accelerate the development of robotics for the home. Researchers have created a new low-cost, human friendly robot named Blue, designed to use recent advances in artificial intelligence and deep reinforcement learning to master intricate human tasks, all while remaining affordable and safe enough that every AI researcher could have one. The team hopes Blue will accelerate the development of robotics for the home.

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