Baloo can safely lift ladders, kayaks, car tires, chairs, heavy boxes and other large or unwieldy ... co-manipulation of heavy objects and translated the knowledge to work for human-robot action.

Humans need a little less sleep in space because our bodies do very little work in a microgravity environment. It takes no effort at all to raise an arm, hold your head up, or move a bulky object.

According to TRI, creating a robot with “soft grippy skin,” like humans, allows it to manipulate objects close to the body and work with heavy ... is “focused on bulky object manipulation ...