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Why Robot Arms Can't Use a Pair of Scissors
This episode of The Robotics Podcast dives into why scissors—a 130-year-old tool—are still incredibly difficult for robot arms to use. Lucas and Luna explore the physics of a pivot joint, the need for coordinated rotation and translation, and the delicate force control required to cut a sheet of paper without mangling it. They draw on examples from industrial automation and surgical robotics, highlighting a fundamental gap in fine manipulation. Listeners learn why your workspace scissors are harder to automate than a car assembly line.
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