A robotic elephant-trunk gripper uses an internal camera to sense touch
rvp · x · 2026-07-26
The quoted post highlights a robotic elephant-trunk gripper that uses an internal camera to create a sense of touch.
The point is that better tactile sensitivity could make soft, flexible robotic grippers far more useful, especially for delicate manipulation tasks.
More from Embodied
- Nomagic is hiring senior robotics and engineering roles for its physical AI team — m_wulfmeier · 2026-07-26
- A one-night hack puts a terminal on a reMarkable tablet — yacineMTB · 2026-07-26
- A joke summary of Unitree: “They make Chinese robots” — itsarnavb · 2026-07-26
- Chinese robotics team trains humanoids with kicks, pushes, and knockdowns — 2C_ornot2C · 2026-07-26
- D-Propulse previews an air-breathing rotating detonation engine with aerospike nozzle — Paimaamu · 2026-07-26
- A reMarkable Paper Pro demo turns an e-ink tablet into an AI notebook — Olivier__OG · 2026-07-26