Future Technology

Nearly everyone has heard of the term “bionics” in movies, books or TV shows (i.e., the Six Million Dollar Man and Darth Vader). However, few people really

https://d1o50x50snmhul.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dn28773-1_800.jpg Fishing keys from the bottom of a bag or picking up soft fruit are pretty basic tasks for us humans. But they’re not so easy for robotic hands. Recognising and grasping different objects usually requires complex programming and processing power. Xiaodong Chen at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and his colleagues have developed flexible…