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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wouldn’t this be fun toy?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/video-friday-amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-dexterous-robot-hands?utm_campaign=Artificial%2BIntelligence%2BWeekly&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Artificial_Intelligence_Weekly_111">https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/video-friday-amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-dexterous-robot-hands?utm_campaign=Artificial%2BIntelligence%2BWeekly&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Artificial_Intelligence_Weekly_111</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We could have a version of this which could be used to build rock walls and stuff, using a scaled-up hand with the arm articulated as our shoulder/elbow/wrist/finger arrangement. That would be a kick in the ass, ja?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We could scale it both directions: it could be scaled down to use as a medical or surgical device, or go places where you don’t want to put your own paw, or what have ya (I don’t think I need to offer detail please.)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We could do Brobdingnaging Olympics Giant Rassling or Micro Games with them, or use them to create manufacturing procedures kinda like a physical 3-D version of a macro: you train it thru the motions, it programs on the fly and can repeat endlessly. Something like that would be great for assembly lines and such.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>One would think with all that money Bezos could afford a decent pair of pants. I would donate a pair of mine to the poor waif, but I am taller and waaay thinner than he is.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>