Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “Design your own robotic hand”.
Speaker, Robotic manipulators are used for a variety of tasks in all different fields, from picking and sorting to assisting with more complex and detailed procedures.. The problem It can take months to manually design a custom manipulator. Each iteration could require new parts that must be designed and tested from scratch., That is, until now., Researchers from MIT have developed a new interactive design pipeline that streamlines and simplifies the process of crafting a Customized, robotic hand. LARA ZLOKAPA Part of the big question that we’re answering is: is the human hand, really the ideal hand for doing everything, And with this modular pipeline we can make robot hands that resemble the human hand, but also robot hands that look like anything else. And then, given some set of tasks, we can answer the questions.
Like is the human hand, with five fingers arranged this way is that ideal SPEAKER Akin to building with LEGOs the team designed and easy-to-use 3D interface for robotic hand design, so that a user is able to construct a robotic manipulator from a set of modular components that Can be adjusted and tweaked tailoring to a specific task and then easily integrate tactile sensors into the final design.. The tactile sensors needed for their pipeline to work are incorporated through a knitted glove that fits snugly over the robotic hand.. These sensors enable the manipulator to perform complex tasks such as picking up delicate items or using tools. LARA ZLOKAPA.
So this project has been a proof of concept that this sort of pipeline and modularity and incorporating the sensors works and now we’re working on improving the sensors.. So we have more accurate grasp and touch sensing. We’re working on improving the manipulators to make them a little more precise in their motion., And we’re also working on developing that algorithm. That answers the question of what is the most optimal hand Is the human hand really. The best one [ MUSIC PLAYING ] .