Apparently, researchers at MIT think 5 diners isn’t enough and we could use an upgrade. The team at MIT have developed a glove with two extra robotic fingers that respond to your movements, allowing you to perform any two-handed tasks with just one.
“You do not need to command the robot, but simply move your fingers naturally. Then the robotic fingers react and assist your fingers,” said Harry Asada, the glove’s creator at MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering.
The glove was developed with motion-recording sensors, which uses an algorithm to allow the robotic fingers to respond to data from bending sensors on your human fingers. At the moment the robotic fingers don’t flex, which limits their abilities.
The team hopes to upgrade the glove in the future to perform more complex tasks and even learn actively, adapting to a specific users’ gestures.
“We could make this into a watch or a bracelet where the fingers pop up, and when he job is done, they come back into the watch,” Asada explained. “Wearable robots are a way to bring the robot closer to our daily life.”
Check out the deno video, where researchers demonstrate the glove being used to assist in several tasks, including holding a box while your human fingers open the lid.
