Applications of Robotics: Haptics, Gripping, and Robot Hands
Liz Miller
Cover Image: “Handoff” by Erik Charlton is licensed under CC BY 2.0
When most people think about robots, they dream about images of robots that look like people: humanoids, walking bots, and features that mimic the way humans move, interact, and perform. In this article, we will explore common applications of robotics: haptics, gripping, and robot hands.
More specifically, robots are becoming increasingly realistic in modeling humans. However, one field of robotics known as manipulation has...