Robotics researchRobot thumb with a sense of touch
Teaching robots to feel is quite complicated. Researchers in Tübingen and Stuttgart are experimenting with tactile grasping - in other words, haptics. Also a reality in the laboratories: micro-robots swimming in blood.
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A robotic thumb (left), the skeleton (center) and the elastomer of the thumb stand on a table at the Max Planck Institute