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Agile Robots is training its factory robots by filming humans at work

The Munich startup's Robot Academy captures how workers move their hands and fingers to help machines master factory tasks

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Agile Robots is training its robots by filming workers performing tasks, an approach the German startup says addresses a shortage of training data that has slowed industrial automation. Chief Executive Officer Zhaopeng Chen described the program Thursday at the Wave by Vento technology event in Turin, Italy.

Through its Robot Academy, the company has workers perform specific tasks on camera, with the system tracking how their hands and fingers move, according to Bloomberg. That footage is combined........

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