A Robot That Gives You the Two Extra Fingers You Always Needed

There are lots of robots that sample to replicate human movement . But we ’re especially excited about automaton that do n’t just mimic human function but add to it — like this attachable handlock that break your hand two extra , functioning finger’s breadth , that work along with your existing five .

Just like your fingers move in concert to grasp object , the two machinelike fingers are also meant to move together . Using both a series of sensors that get across the drive of your finger’s breadth and an algorithm meant to predict pattern of human motion , the robotic fingers can sync up with your other fingers to serve pick up objects or just to stabilize them . ( It ’s take on stir cream pitcher into a cupful of coffee one - handed , which you’re able to see above , is particularly coolheaded . )

Although this adaptation is just a paradigm , the MIT researchers who built the bot are already design on a next interlingual rendition that would be just 1/3 of the size that you see in the video recording . At that smaller size , they say , that they could turn over it into a watch or bracelet , where the robotic fingers could remain folded up until called on .