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Simplicity key to building robot hands

In video, Robert Howe explains the challenges of building sensors for smarter graspers (Engadget)

Robert Howe, Abbott and James Lawrence Professor of Engineering, found a new way to give robotic hands a gentler touch. (Photo courtesy of Eliza Grinnell, SEAS Communications.)

"Even in the world of robotic limbs, sometimes simpler is better," says an article published in Engadget this week. Click through to watch a video of Robert Howe, Abbott and James Lawrence Professor of Engineering, explaining why.

Image courtesy of Engadget

Photo courtesy of Engadget.

Topics: Robotics, Electrical Engineering

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