Get ready to have your mind blown by the most unsettling robotic hand you’ve ever seen. “Beyond Manual Dexterity” is a research video that will leave you questioning the very fabric of humanity.
This abomination of a robotic hand debuted at the IEEE’s International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Rotterdam, where researchers from Switzerland’s EPFL showcased their latest creation. And trust me, it’s a doozy.
The team claims that their “deep learning model” has advanced dexterous manipulation techniques, but let’s be real, it’s just a fancy way of saying they’ve created a robotic hand that can grab things with an unsettling level of precision.
For decades, roboticists have been obsessed with mimicking nature, but it’s clear that they’ve been held back by their own narrow-mindedness. Why must a robotic hand be limited by the constraints of its biological counterpart? The answer is simple: because they’re too afraid to think outside the box.
The results are nothing short of terrifying. A robotic hand that can bend backward to pick up objects, detach itself, and crawl over to another location like some kind of mechanical insect is not just unsettling, it’s downright disturbing.
But hey, who needs ethics when you’re pushing the boundaries of what’s possible? The research is no doubt piquing plenty of interest in the field, and we can’t wait to see what other horrors these robots will unleash upon the world.
As researcher Xiao Gao so cheekily told IEEE, “Although you see it in scary movies, I think we’re the first to introduce this idea to robotics.” And by “introduce this idea,” I mean create a robotic hand that will haunt your dreams.
So long, biologically inspired robots; hello, nightmares.
