---
publication_id: "OT-2026-000001201"
title: "Controlling robotic devices to perform tasks"
published_at: "2026-09-15T19:04:05.697699Z"
canonical_url: "https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000001201"
categories:
  - "robotics-automation/robot-architectures"
keywords:
  - "b25j13/082"
  - "b25j13/082"
  - "b25j13/08"
  - "b25j15/00"
  - "b25j15/0009"
  - "b25j15/0009"
---

# Controlling robotic devices to perform tasks

## Abstract

A method for controlling a robotic device to perform a task may include determining a force measurement corresponding to a section of sensors coupled with a digit of a plurality of digits of a robotic device. The force measurement may include a magnitude of a force and a position of a centroid of the force in the section that are determined based on contact with an object corresponding to a time. The method may further include determining a digit position of the digit corresponding to the time, and moving the digit, based on a prediction, to stabilize the object to perform a task. A machine learning model can generate the prediction based on the force measurement and the digit position. Other aspects are also described and claimed.