Crankshaft (Evergreen Aviation Museum, Oregon)

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Why Tactile Intelligence Is the Future of Robotic Grasping 

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The simple task of picking something up is not as easy as it seems. Not for a robot, at least. Roboticists aim to develop a robot that can pick up anything—but today most robots perform “blind grasping,” where they’re dedicated to picking up an object from the same location every time. If anything changes, such as the shape, texture, or location of the object, the robot won’t know how to respond, and the grasp attempt will most likely fail.

Robots are still a long way off from being able to grasp any object perfectly on their first attempt. Why do grasping tasks pose such a difficult problem? Well, when people try to grasp something they use a combination of senses, the primary ones being visual and tactile. But so far, most attempts at solving the grasping problem have focused on using vision alone.

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Compressor for a helicopter turbine. Machined from a solid block of titanium.

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Select-O-Speed transmission of 1964 Ford 5000 tractor. [2741x2150]

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Wire link formed on multislide machine 

[3024X4032] General Electric TurboSupercharger cutaway. Link to more images in comments.

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