Despite their speed and strength, traditional robot arms are usually bolted in place for stability, limiting their reach. The EPFL team aimed to create a bimodal hand.
What just happened? Halloween isn’t here yet, but researchers have already unveiled a robotic hand that can detach itself and crawl around on tiny, leg-like fingers to access objects out of reach. The design comes from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne and is as creepy as it sounds.
Despite their speed and strength, traditional robot arms are usually bolted in place for stability, limiting their reach. The EPFL team aimed to create a bimodal hand that could not only grasp objects powerfully but also break free for limited mobility when needed. This led to the development of the „Handcrawler“, which was recently presented at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation.
