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Why Robot Hands Can't Feel a Screwdriver
In this milestone 150th episode of The Robotics Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore why robotic hands still struggle with one of the most basic human skills: feeling a screwdriver twist in your grip. They unpack the physics of torsional compliance, the limits of current torque sensors, and why tactile feedback at the fingertips is still a hard problem. The episode zooms in on a concrete case: a small automotive supplier that spent two years retrofitting an assembly line to handle a simple screw-insertion task, and the engineering compromises they had to accept. Lucas explains how force-torque…
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