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Robotics: Gripping

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Improved Robotic Gripping Capability

What is the item

Researchers has made significant advances in the technology of robotic grasping.

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Fourth Horizon

Explanation of the item

Advancements in grasping technology make it possible for "simple, fast systems that let robots grab new objects quickly and robustly, using relatively simple hands. Such system could help improve stand-alone robots and prothetics. Researchers at Columbia University found that by giving a robotic hand the same limits in dexterity as a human hand, they could make a more efficient device." http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/24231/page2/

Other researchers at Harvard and Yale have found the simplicity of Columbia University's device to be valuable. The device's "soft plastic hand--embedded with just a few sensors--could pick up unknown objects using a flexible grip." This could also lead to prosthetic users having "unprecedented control over fine movements of prosthetics." http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/24231/page2/

NASA also has a new robotic arm to help lifting heavy objects. http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/24231/page2/

DARPA is working to have a mechanical arm with similar functionality to a human arm in the near future. http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health_medicine/4218218.html