EPFL team lets robots with different designs share skills, paper published in Science Robotics

Researchers at EPFL published a method in Science Robotics that lets multiple robots with different designs complete the same task from a single human demonstration. The method does not rely on AI; instead, it analyzes the physical properties of three-revolute-joint robotic arms, marks safe regions within each robot's range of motion, and classifies three-joint robots into six categories based on shared physical constraints, writing those constraints into each robot's program. The authors call this kinematic intelligence.