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Robot Hands That Can Feel a Screwdriver
In this episode, Lucas and Luna revisit a challenge from a previous show: why robot hands can't feel a screwdriver. They trace the evolution from simple grippers to tactile sensors that measure force, vibration, and slip in real time. The focus is on a breakthrough in capacitive tactile arrays that give robots a sense of 'touch' — and how that changes what they can handle, from a screwdriver to a tomato. They discuss the physics of contact, the role of machine learning in interpreting sensor data, and a specific lab experiment where a robot successfully inserted a USB cable — a…
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