Yen-Wen Lu and Chang-Jin Kim at UCLA have created the World's Smallest robotic hand . The hand, which is capable of grasping an object 1mm across, has four fingers made of silicone and polymer joints. The hand operates pneumatically when the balloon joints are inflated. The hand is seen in th …
Another main theme of the talks on day 1 was the business development and opportunities in robotics. The first speaker in this series was Neena Buck from Strategy Analytics who talked about commercial opportunities and constraints for mobile robotics. Buck started off by showing how the…
