Robot Works with Algorithm

A new algorithm enables robots to put pen to paper, writing words using stroke patterns similar to human handwriting

It’s a step, the researchers say, toward robots that are able to communicate more fluently with human coworkers and collaborators. “Just by looking at a target image of a word or sketch, the robot can reproduce each stroke as one continuous action,” says Atsunobu Kotani, an undergraduate student at Brown University who led the algorithm’s development. “That makes it hard …