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Meet the robot designed like an octopus tentacle

Carl Vause · TED

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Everyday, robots perform tasks like picking apples, screwing lids on jars and sewing. But while robots excel at many things, designing them to grasp and handle delicate items has been a challenge. In this tech demo, robotics entrepreneur Carl Vause explains how the octopus tentacle inspired him to develop a machine capable of picking up the most fragile of objects.

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED@Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
Speaker
Carl Vause
Year
2017
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Biology
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
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