High-Speed Robot Hand Shows Dexterity and Speed 133
An anonymous reader tips a blog posting that begins "A few blogs are passing around videos of the Ishikawa Komuro Lab's high-speed robot hand performing impressive acts of dexterity and skillful manipulation. However, the video being passed around is slight on details. Meanwhile, their video presentation at ICRA 2009 (which took place in May in Kobe, Japan) has an informative narration and demonstrates additional capabilities. ... [It] shows the manipulator dribbling a ping-pong ball, spinning a pen, throwing a ball, tying knots, grasping a grain of rice with tweezers, and tossing / re-grasping a cellphone!"
And I, for one (Score:1, Funny)
Welcome our new robot overlords.
Skynet (Score:5, Funny)
Comment removed (Score:4, Funny)
Title... (Score:5, Funny)
Great. Now robots can do ALL aspects of my job. (Score:3, Funny)
For the last decade, I've been eking by on the "well, can a robot tie it's own tie?" Hey, at least there's still "sleeping one's way to the top". And once robots learn to do that... is anyone REALLY going to want to leave their house for a stupid JOB anyway?
The claw (Score:5, Funny)
"And inthis sequence this video you can see the robot hand strangling dr. Kamakuro.
Notice how the pressure sensonrs allows it to know when to release to leave the doctor unconscious but alive.
Observe the marvelous precision displayed as it cuts the doctor's hand and peels its skin to make itself a costume.
Ohh, it's trying to sew itself to the doctor's stump; ain't it the cutest thing?"
Re:Finally! (Score:4, Funny)
This robot only achieves a "high three", but I am sure that with some competition, we will be seeing 100-fingered robots really soon!
Re:Skynet (Score:2, Funny)
However, if and when a robot learns to play Eddie Van Halen's "Eruption" [youtube.com], then I'll worry.
Re:Finally! (Score:4, Funny)
Unfortunetly this robot hand only has three fingers so a "high five" might be a bit difficult ;)
Re:Finally! (Score:4, Funny)
Fuck Everything, We're Doing Five Hundred Fingers [theonion.com]
Re:Title... (Score:5, Funny)
Futurama got it partly right... there's gonna be booths on each corner, just not the suicide booth variety.
Re:Skynet (Score:4, Funny)
Bah, my computer can play that song easily, and it doesn't even need a guitar.
Re:The claw (Score:3, Funny)
I sincerely apologize for the eye-bleeding spelling horror I managed to reach with the previous post*.
Once again, I promise not posting on slashdot before the first dose of caffeine.
*: My first spelling of that as 'precious post' probably means I need even more caffeine.
Re:Dribbling demo? (Score:5, Funny)
No, Mr AC, when the robot is ready, it won't need to dodge bullets.
It could just catch them :)
Re:Great. Now robots can do ALL aspects of my job. (Score:5, Funny)
Will they fuck their pets too?
Too?
That's it. You've been reported to PETA.
And let go of that cat already.
Re:Dribbling demo? (Score:3, Funny)
It won't need to run linux.
It will type it from scratch!
With great speed and dexterity!
Re:Very nice. Some things are easier when done fas (Score:1, Funny)
This is very nice work. The most interesting result is that some manipulation problems become easier if done fast. In the short term, inertia makes the motions of objects very predictable. With millisecond reaction times, that can be exploited.
Yeah, that long term inertia is a real PITA.
Re:Skynet (Score:2, Funny)
What if the robot can do something that Eddie can't, such as keeping Valerie Bertinelli happy? Would that make you worry?
They already have many robots for that. I'd provide a link but most of them are NSFW.
Re:Skynet (Score:3, Funny)
Oh lord. the pink overalls!
Now I need to wash my eyes.
Re:And I, for one (Score:5, Funny)
...or make you into a one second man
so it can basically double the staying power of the average /.er? I'm sold!
Re:Very impressive. (Score:5, Funny)
By impressive you mean 'terrifying', and by useful you mean 'terrifying'
Lets look at the capabilities demonstrated here:
1. Ability to move faster than a human
2. Ability to throw things accurately at a human
3. Ability to tie up a human
4. Ability to perform delicate procedures on a human
Yet our basic anti-robot technologies appear stagnant. Why is there so much more research on developing robots than there is on smashing those metal mothers into junk?
Re:Finally! (Score:4, Funny)
Testers wanted.
Guitar playing robots (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Skynet (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Skynet (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Very impressive. (Score:2, Funny)
n. Ability to not have your coordinate system remain stationary.
"Dave, would you please step approximately three feet to the left, so that I may dissect you?"
"No thanks, Hal."
So, yes, this is a great robot for strangling those pesky paraplegics.
Re:Finally! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:one grain of rice? (Score:3, Funny)