Object Catching Robot
Monday, August 8th, 2005Pretty cool video clips of a robotic hand grabbing balls shot directly towards it.
shpoffo writes “Engineers at the University of Tokyo in Japan have created a robot that can catch a ball moving faster than 186 miles per hour (300 kph) – more than 270 feet per second. It uses an array of photodetectors to directly control the three finger actuators – which can rotate 180 degrees in 0.1 seconds. It’s only catching softballs at the moment, but operators are optimistic for it to soon catch other objects and grasp moving things. A video with odd sci-fi TV-series (coral cache) accents is available.”
