A robot with finger-tip sensitivity

Monday, January 3, 2011 - 12:21 in Psychology & Sociology

Picture the following: With great care, a robot picks up a gear wheel in one hand, a housing in the other, and places the two together. When they don't immediately engage, it breaks off its movement. Slowly, it twists the gear wheel round a little and tries again...

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