Only a while back we saw RAPHaEL, a compressed air-powered robotic hand capable of doing all types of grasping chores developed by undergrad students. Coming real now in the same genre is a robotic hand from Kyoto-based firm Squse. A dexterous robotic hand with 22 pneumatically-powered artificial muscles, this is nimble enough to perform about 20 different human hand mimicking tasks, which include a gentle pinch with two fingers, or a full squeeze in an entire fist formation. Developed with a soft silicon skin coating on a polycarbonate skeleton, the hand is exactly like the human hand and weighs only 340 grams. Given the make and its abilities, the hand could definitely be used for a range of applications, and yes, the Terminator is a step closer too. But Pinktentacle says the hand can make sushi like a pro, then does that pancake making robot have competition in hand.
Via: Squse [Machine Translated]
