Fingertip Sensor Lets Prostheses Feel Applied Force

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Germany have created a fingertip sensor that allows a robot, including a robotic prosthesis, to very sensitively gauge how much force is applied to it. The system is based on a camera that is mounted inside the rubbery robot finger. The camera observes the internal walls of a h (Read more...)

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