Why Has No One Thought to Let Robot Grippers Slip?
A massive amount of research and development has gone into developing robot grippers, all the way up to humanoid hands with multi-jointed fingers. But almost all of that has been invested in sophisticated sensors and high-performance, compact actuation. It almost seems like we entirely forgot to think about the way that humans actually manipulate things. That’s why the proprietor of Food For Robots devoted his PhD research to letting robot grippers slip.
This is one of those ideas that feels incredibly obvious once you hear it, but that seems woefully unexplored. At its most basic, this idea is all about letting an object slip in a robot’s grip — just in a controlled way.
You do that all the time when you handle objects. When you turn a screwdriver, you let it slip in your hand as you return to your starting angle. When you change your grip on...
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