Boston Dynamics' Atlas gets a four-fingered hand: it screws in nuts and spins two balls at once
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Humanoid robots are learning delicate work with their hands — a step toward taking on real factory tasks.
The new hand has 13 degrees of freedom, no pinky (removed for durability and ease of repair) and dense tactile sensors. The hands are already being trained at a Hyundai site near Savannah, Georgia; Hyundai and Kia plan to deploy 25 thousand robots, by 2030 on component assembly.
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