Researchers create flexible robotic hands like human hands

We humans are often proud of their extremely flexible hands. Things like typing on a keyboard or making coffee, we can use our hands without focusing. However, with complicated tasks, our hands need to have certain skills to perform.

That is why we need to create robots with arms that are as capable as human hands before giving them jobs like house cleaning or, more importantly, taking care of older people.

Researchers at the University of Washington have helped us move one step further into the future of robots we expect. The world's most versatile robot hand is running on these researchers' Adroit control software systems . This skillful 5-finger hand does not only perform well the assigned work, but also learns from its mistake to progress more next time.

Robotic hands are extremely flexible.

This is an artificial intelligence system called machine learning , which means that the machines (in this case robort arms) can learn and progress over time.

According to the project leader, Dr. Vikash Kumar, the learning process of this arm is similar to that of a child going to kindergarten."You go to class, then be taught what you will learn, and try to do many things, " he said. "The next day you will understand more. So this is a lot of trial and error processes."

The hand can move all of its joints, one by one, from one end to the other in 2.44 seconds.

Robot hands have very good reflex behavior.

It also shows very good reflex behavior, this robot hand will react when you touch it the way people will reflex.

It can also perform supposedly complex skills with robotic hands like rotating a coffee bean canister without dropping.

This skillful 5-finger hand performs well the assigned work.

Currently, researchers say they are still in the early stages of development. The Adroit system is priced at up to $ 300,000, making it impossible to commercialize it now, even if the price of the robot is not counted, the robot hand is still not qualified to market.

In the future, this hand may be attached to a coffee dispensing robot. But now the robot hand is only able to perform every step of this, it cannot connect the steps yet to concoct a cup of coffee.

In the future, this hand may be attached to a coffee dispensing robot.

Kumar said he thinks that when the research and development process is successful, the hand will be used in a butler robot or used in caring for the elderly.

"What we achieve now is just the basics , " he said. "Although it is on the right track, this is only a small step on the long road."