Improving robots’ grasp requires a new way to measure it in humans
A special glove should do the trick
HUMAN BEINGS can pick up and manipulate objects and tools with hardly a thought. This seemingly simple task, however, requires the precise, co-ordinated movement of individual fingers and thumbs, each applying the correct amount of pressure, at exactly the right places, to the object handled.
This article appeared in the Science & technology section of the print edition under the headline “Hand in glove”
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