Word: hand
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...Harvard hand is a pretty bold new approach to the whole problem,” said Townsend. “It went against everything everyone else was trying...
Barrett expects the first robotic hands to be available in 2011, and the researchers envision the robotic hand will find uses in the household—such as helping elderly people pick up dropped objects—in prosthetics, and in factories...
...flexibility of the SDM Hand lets it conform to and grasp objects of different sizes and shapes that may not be in the position predicted—in other words, the environment found outside of the laboratory, added Dollar...
...result is something that is very simple but is very robust in different grasping scenarios,” Jentoft said. “As a result, in the real world, when your object isn’t exactly where you expect it to be, the hand can adapt to it and doesn’t end up damaging itself or the object...
...workforce (about 6,800 jobs) over the next three years and to suspend or reduce tens of international and domestic routes. That's not enough, however. JAL reportedly needs more than $1 billion just to continue services into next year. So Nishimatsu has been forced to go hat in hand to the government seeking help to meet its financial needs of up to $3 billion in emergency capital. (See pictures of how Japan has changed in 20 years...