Real-life 'Thing': Scientists develop robot hand that walks on fingers like Addams Family character
Real-life 'Thing': Scientists develop robot hand that walks on fingers like Addams Family character
Scientists at ETH Zurich have developed a self-walking robotic hand inspired by the character Thing from The Addams Family. By modifying an off-the-shelf WUJI robotic hand with a battery, computer, and motion sensor, they used reinforcement learning to teach it to walk on its fingertips across various surfaces like grass, gravel, and hardwood floors. The 1.8lb hand can pick itself up after falling (21 out of 25 times in testing), push objects, and press keyboard keys while balancing. Currently controlled remotely by an operator, the technology aims to give humanoid robots independent limbs that can detach to access narrow spaces or perform tasks before reattaching.
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surfaces before any physical testing began. To carry that virtual experience into the real world, the simulations were combined with measurements of how the hand’s 20 moving joints respond and where its fingers slide across the ground. The hand can ‘walk’ across 14 types of surface, including grass, gravel, hardwood floors and stone. It can right itself after a fall, doing so 21 times out of 25 in testing. With an ov
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erhead camera supplying spatial information, it can also push blocks across the floor, leaving them within about two-thirds of an inch of their target. The researchers also taught the hand to operate a keyboard, pressing keys with one finger while propping itself up on the other four. In a test, operators played a simple video game by sending commands to the hand, which hit the right keys 29 times out of 32. For now,
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erhead camera supplying spatial information, it can also push blocks across the floor, leaving them within about two-thirds of an inch of their target. The researchers also taught the hand to operate a keyboard, pressing keys with one finger while propping itself up on the other four. In a test, operators played a simple video game by sending commands to the hand, which hit the right keys 29 times out of 32. For now,
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surfaces before any physical testing began. To carry that virtual experience into the real world, the simulations were combined with measurements of how the hand’s 20 moving joints respond and where its fingers slide across the ground. The hand can ‘walk’ across 14 types of surface, including grass, gravel, hardwood floors and stone. It can right itself after a fall, doing so 21 times out of 25 in testing. With an ov
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While it might look and move just like ‘Thing’ from The Addams Family, this scuttling hand isn’t the product of any special effects wizardry. Scientists have created a real-life version of the disembodied hand from the creepy franchise, teaching a robotic hand to walk by itself. The robot is able to walk upright on its fingertips across a range of different surfaces and terrains. The 1.8lb hand can even pick itself u
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surfaces before any physical testing began. To carry that virtual experience into the real world, the simulations were combined with measurements of how the hand’s 20 moving joints respond and where its fingers slide across the ground. The hand can ‘walk’ across 14 types of surface, including grass, gravel, hardwood floors and stone. It can right itself after a fall, doing so 21 times out of 25 in testing. With an ov
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the hand is controlled remotely by an operator, with an onboard computer translating their commands into finger movements. In future, the researchers say, the technology could help build more complex autonomous robots. Mr Kazemipour says: ‘I’m interested in robots whose specialised parts can work both independently and together. ‘Each part could have its own sensing, control and mobility, separating when useful and
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erhead camera supplying spatial information, it can also push blocks across the floor, leaving them within about two-thirds of an inch of their target. The researchers also taught the hand to operate a keyboard, pressing keys with one finger while propping itself up on the other four. In a test, operators played a simple video game by sending commands to the hand, which hit the right keys 29 times out of 32. For now,
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While it might look and move just like ‘Thing’ from The Addams Family, this scuttling hand isn’t the product of any special effects wizardry. Scientists have created a real-life version of the disembodied hand from the creepy franchise, teaching a robotic hand to walk by itself. The robot is able to walk upright on its fingertips across a range of different surfaces and terrains. The 1.8lb hand can even pick itself u
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