Robotic hand presented in Japan: death by Powerpoint

by Thomas Ricker, posted Jun 27th 2007 at 7:31AM

Remember that creepy robotic hand we saw terrorizing Japan last week? Well now it's on the loose in some conference room picking up eggs, shaking hands, holding a pencil and crushing a cup with its super action Kung Fu Grip. No video of it crushing skulls but we know what's really going on, we know. Its purpose still isn't any clearer (manufacturing-only or also prosthetics?), only that its functionality is meant to exceed that of the human hand. See just one of many videos after the break.

Filed under: Robots

Tags: hand, japan, robotic hand, RoboticHand

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humpty @ Jun 27th 2007 7:38AM

The question is whether the finger movements were preprogrammed or adapted to the size, shape, (etc) of the egg... otherwise it cant replace a human hand just yet (unless you dont have one, then its better than nothing).

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ALIAS @ Jun 30th 2007 12:26PM

Well, someone's got to warn John Connor and send a terminator from the future to destroy this company!

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Chuckles McGee @ Jun 27th 2007 8:12AM

This video brought to you by Cyberdyne: "Together, we can terminate tiresome labor!"

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Alexis @ Jun 27th 2007 9:09AM

The guy pushes the egg into the hand.

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Nando @ Jun 27th 2007 9:21AM

Bring that technology into an adult store and it'll sell like crazy!!

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Harlo @ Jun 27th 2007 9:27AM

I, for one, welcome our creepy robotic hand overlords.

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Ken @ Jun 27th 2007 10:28AM

No mention of Skynet? Come on Engadget, you're slipping...

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Mickey Jones @ Jun 27th 2007 1:31PM

Do you really think he's just demo-ing "egg" grabbing. Wake up people! These are out new testis crushing overlords.

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Always Thinking @ Jun 27th 2007 3:06PM

I dunno, there are a couple doctor's exams that I would rather not have a creepy human overlord conducting. And I'm sure there are quite a few doctors who would rather not be giving such exams to their creepy human underlings...

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