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MM: A 3D-Printed Soft Robot Hand With An Improved Grip

In this episode, MIT researchers have developed a soft robot hand with “bend sensors” that allow the robot to compare new objects to ones it has previously picked up based on the similar data points.

In this episode, MIT researchers have developed a soft robot hand with “bend sensors” that allow the robot to compare new objects to ones it has previously picked up based on the similar data points. Watch it in action here:

SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Is this the next big step in soft robotics? Could this tech one day be used in an industrial setting?

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