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“What if, instead of just making robots smarter, we focused on making them more nimble too?”
Many roboticists reading that will say: ‘Precisely!’ Robots are essentially physical and their dexterity and manoeuvrability are key elements of their usefulness. The quote is taken from a blog post published last month (August 2024) by Challenge Works, an innovation agency and the prize partner for ARIA, the UK government’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency. This sets the scene for a proposed innovation competition in support of ARIA’s Robot Dexterity Programme. Challenge Works developed an outline design for a competition but are now looking for feedback to help refine the competition model. If you’d like to know more and offer your own feedback, just complete the ARIA Robotic Dexterity Challenge feedback form.