This Robot Runs On Coffee And Balloons

Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 13:00 in Mathematics & Economics

Many robot designs are understandably human-looking - they infrequently have legs, since a realistic gait that passes for human is difficult but a torso, a head and arms are common.  Hands, though, are delicate instruments and tough to emulate. But a group of researchers have bypassed traditional notions of robot hand design and created a gripper using coffee and a balloon.  read more

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