25 October 2017
Ok before anything, I actually thought of the joke before I even read the article. The answer is one. This robot can pick up and manipulate objects without needing to see them. It can twist, sense, and can build objects. Michael T. Tolley is leading a group of engineers in developing this robot. "We designed the device to mimic what happens when you reach into your pocket and feel for your keys," said Tolley.
The fingers on the robot move when air pressure is applied. This allows the robot to turn screwdrivers, and screw in light bulbs. The conductivity of the nanotubes changes as the fingers flex, which allows the sensing skin to record and detect when the fingers are moving and coming into contact with an object. The next steps to this project are adding machine learning and artificial intelligence to data processing so that the gripper will actually be able to identify the objects it's manipulating.
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