Robots tend to be a bit ham-handed when holding delicate objects.
If you need help moving Faberge eggs or glass figurines, it’s still best to ask a human.
But Harvard is looking to give those clumsy robots the old soft touch with their new robot tentacle gripper.
Harvard Microrobotics Lab/Harvard SEAS
If a person woke up with these instead of their regular hands, they’d never stop screaming.
Those filaments can then release the equally stunned object by simply depressurizing.
Hard fruits like pineapples can handle themselves.
