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