Flexible robot arms learn to predict their next move

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by Phys.org / ScienceDaily (tech) at 23 Oct, 21:00 UTC

A robot arm that bends like an elephant's trunk can slip into tight spaces and handle fragile objects. Controlling it is harder because its smooth bending makes its next move hard to predict. Researchers have now developed a method that keeps computer predictions of the arm's motion on track, even…