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05-12-2014, 09:04 PM
A Robot Arm Is Quick E**ugh to Catch a Fastball From an MLB Pitcher
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Humans can program robots to do lots of things, but robots still falter when it comes to the unpredictability of human life. They're **t great when it comes to responding to objects flying right at them — they're **t likely to jump out of the way
**w, catching those objects is a distinct possibility for robots.
See also: 14 Robotics Breakthroughs From the Past Decade (http://mashable.com/2013/10/23/robotics-breakthroughs/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
At the Learning Algorithms and System Laboratory (LASA) at Switzerland's EPFL (one of two Swiss Federal Institutes of Tech**logy), researchers combined parts from two robots to make a remarkable robotic arm that catches objects. In the video above, the somewhat oversized, four-fingered hand is able to catch anything from a tennis racket to a partially-filled water bottle. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/12/robot-arm-play-catch/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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Humans can program robots to do lots of things, but robots still falter when it comes to the unpredictability of human life. They're **t great when it comes to responding to objects flying right at them — they're **t likely to jump out of the way
**w, catching those objects is a distinct possibility for robots.
See also: 14 Robotics Breakthroughs From the Past Decade (http://mashable.com/2013/10/23/robotics-breakthroughs/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
At the Learning Algorithms and System Laboratory (LASA) at Switzerland's EPFL (one of two Swiss Federal Institutes of Tech**logy), researchers combined parts from two robots to make a remarkable robotic arm that catches objects. In the video above, the somewhat oversized, four-fingered hand is able to catch anything from a tennis racket to a partially-filled water bottle. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/12/robot-arm-play-catch/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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