Cool robot hand learns as it goes

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http://androidforum.us/data/MetaMirrorCache/fca1acef708260a46473c48ee15a6b77.jpgIt's a device that brings to mind the bodyless hand, Thing, from The Addams Family: a human-like robotic hand, engineered by scientists at the University of Washington, that can learn on its own as it handles a specific task. The hand has five fingers, tendons, joints, over a hundred sensors, and is capable of moving faster than its human counterpart. In a video the university released, the hand can be seen delicately rotating a tube full of coffee beans-- an activity that the robot can improve iteratively, the university said.

 

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