MM: Robotic Gripper Has The Sensitive Touch

Thanks to our sense of touch, we can figure out the best way to grab keys in our pocket without ever looking at them. And robots could soon have the same skill.

Rachelle Blair-Frasier
Oct 25, 2017
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