CMU Researchers Give Robots a Delicate Touch

What happened

Each fingertip measures squeezing pressure and operates with a plastic fingernail to capture microvibrations. The Breakdown CMU researchers created a robotic fingertip to help robots handle delicate tasks without breaking fragile or tiny objects, such as pills and potato chips.

The new fingertips attach directly to researchers’ DeltaHands device, adding multisensory versatility to a flexible, low-cost robotic hand. Each fingertip measures squeezing pressure and operates with a plastic fingernail to [...] The post CMU Researchers Give Robots a Delicate Touch appeared first on Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University .

* * * Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute faculty Zeynep Temel (left) and Oliver Kroemer (right) observe a robotic hand equipped with new human-inspired sensing fingertips. Researchers in the Carnegie Mellon University Kenneth C.