Giving robots a more nimble grasp
Tuesday, August 4, 2015 - 16:00
in Mathematics & Economics
Engineers have now hit upon a way to impart more dexterity to simple robotic grippers: using the environment as a helping hand. The team has developed a model that predicts the force with which a robotic gripper needs to push against various fixtures in the environment in order to adjust its grasp on an object.