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UK startup Humanoid launches reinforcement learning system to improve robot manipulation
Original from RoboticsAndAutomationNews.com: UK startup Humanoid launches reinforcement learning system to improve robot manipulation

UK startup Humanoid launches reinforcement learning system to improve robot manipulation

Published at Jul 06, 2026 by Sam Francis from RoboticsAndAutomationNews.com 153

UK-based robotics and AI company Humanoid has introduced KinetIQ Ascend, the company’s reinforcement learning approach designed to reach 99.9 percent manipulation reliability at human speed and beyond. KinetIQ Ascend builds on the previously announced KinetIQ platform with trial-and-error learning, helping the company’s robots improve directly on industrial tasks. The new system was tested on several […]

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