Robot Gently Touches a Raspberry (IMAGE)

Stanford University

Robot Gently Touches a Raspberry

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Stanford researchers developed the skin-like sensor on the fingertip of this robotic hand, and programmed it to touch the fruit without damage. One day they hope to create control systems to enable a robot to perceive the characteristics of objects and autonomously calculate how much force to apply.

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Video courtesy of the Bao Lab

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