Comments on: Shadow’s Dexterous Hand

By: Solomon Gremminger

Solomon Gremminger — Sat, 15 May 2010 21:37:54 +0000

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By: Sigg3.net

Sigg3.net — Wed, 25 May 2005 15:17:43 +0000

What’s it good for? Handjobs?

By: Greenflame

Greenflame — Wed, 25 May 2005 12:25:05 +0000

The hand is cool! I can tell someone has access
to a Machine shop and Molding Equipment.Im
jealous, Plastic and Resin molding is very
usefull.They should add some sensors in the
Finger tips to detect touch pressure,Texture
etc..

By: jerry

jerry — Wed, 25 May 2005 02:51:00 +0000

I saw a far more interesting and budget conscious implementation of this a few years back at Iternational Science Fair. It was a dexterous hand that mimiced the action of the user wearing a nintendo power glove. The guy that did it is a buddy of mine, I will see if he has some information about it kicking around on the net somewhere. Until then, cheers.

By: joebox

joebox — Wed, 25 May 2005 01:08:34 +0000

Exactly how is this a hack?

This was made from scratch.

By: Billy the Impaler

Billy the Impaler — Wed, 25 May 2005 00:44:59 +0000

the real trick here is the implementation of these innovative artificial muscles. what other sorts of stuff can hackers use that method of actuation? air solenoid valves aren’t necessarily cheap but I’ve been known to get my hands on older ones.

By: jimmys

jimmys — Tue, 24 May 2005 23:11:27 +0000

Now I just need to figure out if I’m going to use it for remote surgical procedures or for assiting in viewing porn.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 24 May 2005 22:32:35 +0000

90,000 euros for basic model

By: Matrox462

Matrox462 — Tue, 24 May 2005 19:18:24 +0000

how does one go about finding how much this thing costs?

is it in the technical doc pdf? if so, could someone be so kind as to tell me how much? i currently don’t have adobe’s reader installed yet.

By: peter

peter — Tue, 24 May 2005 19:16:44 +0000

I should point out that the mini-cooper bot was sadly only part of a marketing campagne:
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/Top_2004_Hoaxes/comments/1636/

By: daniel collotte

daniel collotte — Tue, 24 May 2005 16:37:29 +0000

i think this is pretty cool, reminds me of the minicooper robot: http://www.r50rd.co.uk/research/internal/v2i/engin/