Most companies might think twice about inflicting blunt force trauma upon their carefully crafted prototypes, but most companies just don't love baseball the way iRobot does. While developing a mechanical hand for DARPA's Autonomous Robotic Manipulation program, iRobot took a metal baseball bat to its three-fingered prototype. No need to cringe, though - the artificial appendage came away virtually unscathed. The hand's durability comes from its flexible feelers, fingers molded from soft polymers with embedded tactile sensors.
Engadget , iRobot's DARPA-funded mechanical hand can take a beating, lift 50 pounds, iRobot's DARPA-funded mechanical hand can take a beating, lift 50 pounds
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