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Fudan researchers combine motion scaffolds, hidden-state estimation and passive wrist hooks to teach a humanoid alternating overhead-bar handoffs.
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Machines. Intelligence. Everyday life.
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Read the storyFudan researchers combine motion scaffolds, hidden-state estimation and passive wrist hooks to teach a humanoid alternating overhead-bar handoffs.
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Inside the machine / 01
A motor starts the movement. A transmission carries it to the fingers. Joints turn that movement into a grasp. Explore the parts behind a familiar gesture.
Conceptual mechanism. Geometry and motion are illustrative; this is not a product specification or a physical simulation.
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