A robotic hand with a human touch
This is a growing trend in an ever increasing autonomous production industry where the technology is already used in factories to sort and pack food like tomatoes or baked goods. The technology has a potential for better prosthetics as well, which rely on accurate sensors to provide a more lifelike prosthetic.
"Our human hand is not functioning using motors to drive each of the joints; our human hand is soft with a lot of sensors ... on the surface and inside the hand," she says. "Soft robotics provides a chance to make a soft hand that is more close to a human hand."
source: npr.org
