The technology, called Fragile Object Grasping with Tactile Sensing (FORTE), combines advanced tactile sensing with soft robotics.
The breakthrough could improve robot performance when a light touch is needed, such as in health care and manufacturing.
Is it sensitive enough to touch my self esteem without damaging it?
Is it sensitive enough to touch my self
Oh no…
esteem without damaging it?
Oh. I thought you were going in a whole different direction there…
A robo hand job is yet another way AI is taking our jerbs
And giving them
All it takes is a bad yank… and the computers win.
A handjob is still a job, officer!
George Carlin very vocally agrees… But things get a bit problematic after that.
Can it handle a cylinder without it being damaged?
Oh nice, so can I.
But you cost money monthly, require insurance, taxes, food, human rights.
Machine is a one time purchase.
Right, I’ve never once had to fill a cars tank with gas, or change the oil, or pay for any other maintenance on one.
Machines require upkeep. Shit wears out, shit breaks down, shit needs a constant stream of lube oil, coolant by the barrel coming in every month, waste coolant shipped somewhere else all the time, shit stops working for no reason. Shit needs to run to make back any money. You’ll have to hire and pay somebody with human rights and an empty stomach since you already know all there is to know about machines. If you think machines don’t break go ahead and open yourself up a machine shop and see how long it lasts with a $0 maintenance budget. Speedrun turning a million dollars into a pile of rusty scrap metal.
Lol what a fucking strawman.
This is so wrong it’s absurd. I work on machinery. Heavy equipment, I’ve dicked around with industrial robots and hell I even have and use a 3 axis cnc mill from 1986.
Most of the stuff that’s out there is reliable as time with very little maintenance required. Oil or grease movable joints. Top up oils, change oils every 1000hrs. It’s not hard or expensive to keep up on maintenance. Pay a premium and replace gear oil with PAG type oil, and you will never have to change that oil in your life.
Machines just work, they don’t have feelings, they don’t take sick days, they don’t take lunches. And why they fuck are you buying equipment with out way to pay it off first. Build it, and they will come. It doesn’t work all too well when everyone and their grandma has a cnc shop these days.
I am a real machinist. Not gonna debate with a hobbyist.
Hobbyist? Make me laugh.
Look in a mirror and you’ll see a clown.
No, you’re not. You’re just wrong on the internet.
Not clicking that link with no explanation for it being there. Your low effort reply isn’t going to change my opinion. Take your contrarian attitude somewhere else.
Ofc you won’t, you’re a real machinist. Duh.
Also, good call, never know what Wikipedia links lead to. Might mean you’d learn something, shudder.
Don’t waste your time with ignorant little shits like that.
Time enjoyed is time not wasted.
I, for one, am looking forward to it not hurting so much
One step closer to machines feeding us like in Wall E.
I take a potato chip with my carbonfiber prosthetic hand… and I eat it!
they can be easily customized to a variety of shapes.
I have an unusual need to cover a 4cm soft rubber cylinder.
Cool, so can it help MAGA get a grip on reality?
It’s not magic.
