c/technology · by Beep@lemmus.org · 148d

This robotic hand has such sensitive touch that it can grasp objects as fragile as a potato chip or a raspberry without crushing them

https://www.futurity.org/robot-hand-sensitive-touch-3325962/

The technology, called Fragile Object Grasping with Tactile Sensing (FORTE), combines advanced tactile sensing with soft robotics.

The breakthrough could improve robot performance when a light touch is needed, such as in health care and manufacturing.

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ignoble_stigmas@sh.itjust.works · 79 pts · 148d (9 replies)

Is it sensitive enough to touch my self esteem without damaging it?

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 48 pts · 148d (6 replies)

Is it sensitive enough to touch my self

Oh no....

esteem without damaging it?

Oh. I thought you were going in a whole different direction there....

Gork@sopuli.xyz · 32 pts · 148d (4 replies)

A robo hand job is yet another way AI is taking our jerbs

ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip · 12 pts · 147d (1 reply)

And giving them

DemandtheOxfordComma@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 147d

All it takes is a bad yank.. and the computers win.

fartographer@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 147d (1 reply)

A handjob is still a job, officer!

toynbee@piefed.social · 3 pts · 146d

George Carlin very vocally agrees... But things get a bit problematic after that.

k0e3@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 147d

A hole new direction, even.

einlander@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 148d

Can it handle a cylinder without it being damaged?

Lemming6969@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 148d

Soft enough to let you down gently as it takes your job

THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 148d (22 replies)

Oh nice, so can I.

sefra1@lemmy.zip · 22 pts · 148d (21 replies)

But you cost money monthly, require insurance, taxes, food, human rights.

Machine is a one time purchase.

dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net · 20 pts · 148d

Right, I’ve never once had to fill a cars tank with gas, or change the oil, or pay for any other maintenance on one.

Widdershins@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 147d (18 replies)

Machines require upkeep. Shit wears out, shit breaks down, shit needs a constant stream of lube oil, coolant by the barrel coming in every month, waste coolant shipped somewhere else all the time, shit stops working for no reason. Shit needs to run to make back any money. You'll have to hire and pay somebody with human rights and an empty stomach since you already know all there is to know about machines. If you think machines don't break go ahead and open yourself up a machine shop and see how long it lasts with a $0 maintenance budget. Speedrun turning a million dollars into a pile of rusty scrap metal.

GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 147d

You are assuming that capitalists will actually think that far ahead.

cows_are_underrated@feddit.org · 4 pts · 147d

In my experience it varies wildly in how reliable something is and how much work has to be put into it. From all the different kind of stuff I have worked with the most unreliable equipment was usually the new stuff that is packed with all sorts of electronics and sensors. If you have a high quality machine build back in the days of the GDR maintenance is usually not really needed (except lubricating from time to time).

We once had a robot that was so god damn unreliable, that in the end it was a 5 digit number in reparations just to keep it going. Nothing ever worked and the contractor who sold and maintained it was A completely incompetent shithead. In the end we were able to repair most of the stuff ourselves, but we rarely went a single week without someone having to come and fix something. It also exclusively broke down on the weekends or IB The middle of the night, where its extra expensive for someone to come out. Eventually we threw it out and went to a different brand and now everything works like a charm. No random breakdowns in the middle of the night and the whole system us much more refined.

Mpatch@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 147d (14 replies)

This is so wrong it's absurd. I work on machinery. Heavy equipment, I've dicked around with industrial robots and hell I even have and use a 3 axis cnc mill from 1986.

Most of the stuff that's out there is reliable as time with very little maintenance required. Oil or grease movable joints. Top up oils, change oils every 1000hrs. It's not hard or expensive to keep up on maintenance. Pay a premium and replace gear oil with PAG type oil, and you will never have to change that oil in your life.

Machines just work, they don't have feelings, they don't take sick days, they don't take lunches. And why they fuck are you buying equipment with out way to pay it off first. Build it, and they will come. It doesn't work all too well when everyone and their grandma has a cnc shop these days.

Widdershins@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 147d (13 replies)

I am a real machinist. Not gonna debate with a hobbyist.

Mpatch@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 147d (1 reply)

Hobbyist? Make me laugh.

Widdershins@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 147d

Look in a mirror and you'll see a clown.

Dasus@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 147d (10 replies)

No, you're not. You're just wrong on the internet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman

Widdershins@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 147d (7 replies)

Not clicking that link with no explanation for it being there. Your low effort reply isn't going to change my opinion. Take your contrarian attitude somewhere else.

Dasus@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 147d

Ofc you won't, you're a real machinist. Duh.

Also, good call, never know what Wikipedia links lead to. Might mean you'd learn something, shudder.

Mpatch@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 147d (1 reply)

Don't waste your time with ignorant little shits like that.

Dasus@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 147d

Time enjoyed is time not wasted.

Dasus@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 147d

Lol what a fucking strawman.

sundray@lemmus.org · 1 pts · 147d

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rustydrd@sh.itjust.works · 30 pts · 147d