Good as robots are at repeating the same motion over and over , they ca n’t adapt to situations closely as well as good ‘ old flesh - and - bones . That ’s where MIT ’s new fingertip sensor comes in .
The technology employed to make a golem version of our fingertips is advanced , but amazingly round-eyed . It uses an existing project calledGelSight , which is a golosh - like stuff that can map out a surface in microscopical point when come out on it . The MIT squad used a edition that ’s 100x less sensitive than the original — but as a resultant role , it ’s small enough to fit onto a fingertip , and give tangible - time feedback about surfaces to the robot .
Researchers showed off their new plaything by have it plug a dangling USB cable television into a USB port — an impressive feat , given that man plug them in upside down quite literally every single time .
The applications are passably huge : in possibility , this could allow meeting place - agate line robots far more ability to pluck thing from one conveyer belt and punch them into corresponding portion with far greater truth . Or , y’know , allow them to pick up knives and kill us all with millimetric preciseness when the time come . [ MIT News ]
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