Is your poor robot getting by without digits? Without them the poor thing can't greet others, catch ping pong balls, or dial up its cyber-shorties. You need the Melissa Hand from Crafthouse, a servo-driven mitt that's just perfect for your little overlord-to-be. All five fingers open and close at the same time, so it's not ideal for rude robo-gestures, but the videos after the break should give you an idea of what kind of trouble you can get into with the 60mm wide paw. The price? ¥60,000, or about $600. If that's too rich you could always buy a single finger for around $50, but those who need the absolute best can spring for the so-called God Hand, a custom-made model that's a bit smaller (45mm wide) and costs a whopping ¥180,000 -- just shy of $2,000 for a set of left and right. For that kind of money we expect
something a little more impressive.
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Boing Boing Gadgets,
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posted Sep 10th 2009 8:53AM
How on earth does anyone get first!
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I've never seen an incorrectly formatted post before! XD
Hm... looks like Tom from Toonami way back in the day...
I was thinking the same thing, why must everything i love die
I am really not sure but I wish humanity would use the robots as minimally as possible.
movies are fictional but I'm skeptical regarding what use can we make of these machines
That is why you fail.
That is a slick ass design. Using one servo to actuate all five fingers is nothing new but shrinking it to that size is impressive. I dunno if its worth the price but I am impressed regardless.
"All five fingers open and close at the same time, so it's not ideal for rude robo-gestures" -- Well, it depends. It could be the correct rude gesture if used on a robot with five sets of genitalia.
someday they will use our blood as lubricant.
Seeming how blood dries up in short time, I don't see how that would work, but A for effort
blood dries after a short time? really professor?...wow
Well, if it could walk and sense objects on a flat plane, it would be a great way to pick up dropped popcorn. Or toss jellybeans into ones mouth... Maybe a darts partner?
I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords.
^ The most overused and increasingly generic statement. Every single post about robotics has at least 10 posts about "robot overlords" be original!!!
I enjoy the Futurama reference and I, for one, welcome jokes about our new robot overlords.
It's just 1 step from having each finger separately articulated. Nice to see how it's implemented like a real hand. Then they can use those hands to type on keyboards instead of doing the more obvious thing and talking directly to a computer.
do I see Arnold over there with his skin off?
If only you had paid attention to my tip, you could have broken the story to the English-speaking world on Monday. *sigh* better late than never, I suppose.
awesome
While it looked like the kid in the 2nd video was having a lot of fun, the robot was actually just testing the young man's joint strength. The robot later ripped apart both child and inventor, then fled the scene. A note was left on the wall, written in blood: "1 H@\/3 R|_||\| @-\/\/@1 2 5K1|\|37." Investigators are working on cracking the code.