Robots to get the human touch
JUN 08, 2006
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.020165
BBC : Robotic hands that have the same senstivity as the human hand to touch have been unveiled in a paper in Science magazine says the BBC. The resolution of the sense of touch on the human fingertip is about 40 microns, and previously the best robotic hand had a resolution of millimetres. The new device should aid minimally invasive surgical techniques.
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