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Making robots that can work with their hands

  • Written by Taskin Padir, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northeastern University
imageA NASA Valkyrie robot picks up an item with its hand.Northeastern University, CC BY-NC

It’s quite common for humans – especially those who work in manufacturing – to tie a knot, strip the casing off a cable, insert a pin in a hole or use a hand tool such as a drill. They may seem like simple tasks, but are really very complex and...

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