To find out what would happen if a robot handling a sharp tool accidentally struck a person, German researchers set out to perform a series of stabbing, puncturing, and cutting experiments. The tools the researchers tested included a scalpel, akitchen knife, scissors, a steak knife and a screwdriver. The researchers performed two types of experiments: stabbing and cutting, testing the different tools striking at various speeds, with and without the collision-detection system active.

June 02, 2010, 12:03pm