Turrets game: robot masters Jenga in a short period of time

After strategy games such as chess and Go, robots are now also learning to play skill games. To tackle of the game Jenga, a tower of wooden blocks needs to be modified, provided scientists a robot arm with the sensitive touch sensors. "to conclude through buttons in the animal Kingdom is ubiquitous, but in the robot handling under-developed," write the researchers. This information conveyed by the tactile sense could be, in the industry. "In a production line for mobile phones come in almost every step of the impression of a snap closure or a screw with more power and touch than by sight," explains co-author Alberto Rodriguez.