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Boston Dynamics has unveiled a new four-finger hand for its Atlas humanoid robot, designed to combine the dexterity needed for complex manipulation and tool use with the strength and durability required for industrial work.
By Steven Yang, founder and editor, RoboSkin.ai Consider an assembly robot that encounters resistance while inserting a component. The camera suggests correct alignment, but the contact could indicate a small positioning error, a tight fit or an obstruction.
Dexterous manipulation remains one of the biggest barriers keeping robots from successfully tackling a wide range of everyday tasks. A sense of touch could be the key, but a lack of quality data has held back progress.
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