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This Robot Can Grab a Beer, with George Konidaris-EP 272

Open your fridge and grab a beer without knocking anything else over. It’s usually not hard for a human to do it. But getting a robot to do the same task can take an engineer weeks or months. George Konidaris is a professor of computer science at Brown University, director

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The Machinist Gig

How much would you pay for a bottle of clean water if you were thirsty and could not find drinkable water? How much would you

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Trump’s First IMTS

Today, a blog about America—the politics and economics—as we head toward IMTS and Rosh Hashana (the Jewish New Year), which start on the same day

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