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Posted by hipstomp | 28 Aug 2007
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We stock prisons with weight rooms and libraries, because what our society really needs is stronger, smarter criminals. Now we're giving better muscles to robots, based on a combination of biomimetics and mechatronics. If robots are going to eventually destroy us anyway, we might as well make them look like us.
A project called "Airic's_arm" is a new robotic appendage that looks rather like the original Terminator, and has a musculoskeletal structure resembling our own. Click here--the video has to be seen to be believed, and it really drives home two points: 1) the fine motor control robots can now achieve is quite impressive, and 2) robots have terrible handwriting.
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Really we are just biological robots with a whole lot of base code and a flexiable operating system. Luddites are sooooo much fun to be around.
1) the fine motor control Designers can now achieve is quite impressive.
2) Designers have terrible handwriting.
reminds me of that "all is full of love" video from Bjork.
Rise of the machines....
Second zippyflounder's comment, and add that the arm looks great. Love the visible wires.
@Paul
Not entirely. There's realtime sensing and computation required to control the finer dynamics of the multiple actuators ��so technically, a part of the text is the robot's handwriting.