While this certainly isn't the first robotic-fingered
hand that we've ever
seen, we're always in favor of technology improving dexterity. Those smartypants at the
National Institute of
Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in
Japan (aka
AIST) have developed a robotic hand about the size of a human adult male's, measuring 18cm (7.08-inches) from fingertip to wrist and 8.4cm (3.3-inches) across the palm. It also has some sort of mechanism designed to "reduce backlash," which apparently means it'll get more precise control over whatever
human it's throttling object it's gripping. We still don't know if that means that now these robots can sew their own gloves yet, though.
[Via
Pink Tentacle]
