China wants to solve the hardest problem in robotics – making hands
Summary
Chinese companies are working to create robotic hands that can move and work like human hands, which is very hard to do. These efforts are part of China's plan to use robots for practical jobs because the country faces a shrinking and aging workforce.Key Facts
- Human hands are very complex and difficult to copy with machines.
- Chinese start-ups are focusing on making robotic hands with advanced movements, called dextrous hands.
- China leads the world in installing factory robots, but humanoid robots with useful hands are still not common.
- Beijing supports "embodied AI," which means robots that can do physical tasks like humans, as part of its development plan.
- Making a robotic hand is considered 100 times harder than making the rest of a humanoid robot, due to its size and complexity.
- LinkerBot is a Chinese company that only makes robotic hands and produces about 5,000 each month.
- The company aims to create affordable prosthetic hands for people who have lost limbs.
- Elon Musk’s Tesla also works on humanoids, and Musk agrees that making hands is the hardest part of building a robot.
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