<div dir="ltr"><div>"In a <a href="https://science.sciencemag.org/content/370/6518/768">new article</a> in <i>Science</i>,
Dr. Subramanian Sundaram at Boston and Harvard University argues that
it’s high time to rethink robotic touch. Scientists have long dreamed of
artificially engineering robotic hands with the same dexterity and
feedback that we have. Now, after decades, we’re at the precipice of a
breakthrough thanks to two major advances. One, we better understand how
touch works in humans. Two, we have the mega computational powerhouse
called <a href="https://singularityhub.com/2020/05/17/openai-finds-machine-learning-efficiency-is-outpacing-moores-law/">machine learning</a> to recapitulate biology in silicon.
<p>Robotic hands with a sense of touch—and the <a href="https://singularityhub.com/tag/artificial-intelligence/">AI</a>
brain to match it—could overhaul our idea of robots. Rather than
charming, if somewhat clumsy, novelties, robots equipped with human-like
hands are far more capable of routine tasks—making food, folding
laundry—and specialized missions like surgery or rescue. But machines
aren’t the only ones to gain. For humans, robotic prosthetic hands
equipped with accurate, sensitive, and high-resolution artificial touch
is the next giant breakthrough to seamlessly link a biological brain to a
mechanical hand."</p>
</div><div><a href="https://singularityhub.com/2020/11/17/this-is-how-well-engineer-artificial-touch/">https://singularityhub.com/2020/11/17/this-is-how-well-engineer-artificial-touch/</a></div></div>