Robot hand is soft and strong

Monday, March 18, 2019 - 14:00 in Mathematics & Economics

Fifty years ago, the first industrial robot arm (called Unimate) assembled a simple breakfast of toast, coffee, and champagne. While it might have looked like a seamless feat, every movement and placement was coded with careful consideration. Even with today’s more intelligent and adaptive robots, this task remains difficult for machines with rigid hands. They tend […]

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