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Robotics

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.

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October 18th, 2009 12

This video, of high-speed actuation of robot fingers and tracking cameras (developed by researchers from the Ishikawa Komuro Lab at the University of Tokyo), gets the big Keanu Reeves “Whoa” Award. [via Boing Boing]

Ishikawa Komuro Laboratory

12 thoughts on “Lightning-fast robo-hands”

neuroclast says:

October 18th, 2009 at 8:14 pm

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/08/and_i_for_one_welcome_our_new_robot.html

Anonymous says:

October 18th, 2009 at 8:58 pm

this one had a better title, i didn’t see it the first time.

TÃºlio Fernandes says:

October 18th, 2009 at 8:23 pm

I for one welcome our Robots overlords.
(Also, Skynet, anyone?)
jewelzc4 says:

October 18th, 2009 at 8:29 pm

cannot wait to see the implications in robot design
Gareth Branwyn says:

October 18th, 2009 at 8:50 pm

Oops. I was in the hospital when that was posted. Forgot to do a search.
Travis says:

October 18th, 2009 at 9:24 pm

There has been an interesting comments thread over on Hizook, the site that uploaded the video:

http://www.hizook.com/blog/2009/08/03/high-speed-robot-hand-demonstrates-dexterity-and-skillful-manipulation

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