October 04, 2010, 11:59am

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

January 06, 2010, 3:56pm

October 15, 2009, 1:28pm

So this, while really cool in concept, is just terrible in execution. it took almost 30 seconds to open a single beer. The real question is, can the @jortmaster do any better?

January 14, 2009, 8:50pm