It won't be long before the robots take over

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KxjVlaLBmk&eurl=http://www.hizook.com/blog/2009/08/03/high-speed-robot-hand-demonstrates-dexterity-and-skillful-manipulation&feature=player_embedded

Pretty cool robotics vid. Only 3 minutes.

Incredible - looks like the kind of research that would benefit amputees, rather than make millions for some manufacturer.

still wild... and yes, I would love to see it get down to the amputee level

I'd be tempted to amputate my own hand if I could get one that slick as a replacement!

(So says a guy who just spent twenty minutes clearing wet glass shards off his kitchen floor because his stupid fingers couldn't hold onto a plate...)

Jay wrote: I'd be tempted to amputate my own hand if I could get one that slick as a replacement!

...insert the mandatory masturbation joke...

I for one welcome our new robot overlords.

Dōmo arigatō .

I anyone else freaked out and the crazy ability that our robot overlords will have in tying us up, dribbling on our heads, throwing us into the air and catching us with a pair of tweezers before spinning us with their fingers?

I think that freaks me out more than the lasers and machine guns.

PHeller wrote: I anyone else freaked out and the crazy ability that our robot overlords will have in tying us up, dribbling on our heads, throwing us into the air and catching us with a pair of tweezers before spinning us with their fingers? I think that freaks me out more than the lasers and machine guns.

+1

Quick, hide your medication!

[aliens] Bishop knife trick? [/aliens]

oh! I had forgotten that trick. Loved that movie. One of my all time favs