Robot Catches High Speed Objects

shpoffo writes "Engineers at the University of Tokyo in Japan have created a robot that can catch a ball moving faster than 186 miles per hour (300 kph) - more than 270 feet per second. It uses an array of photodetectors to directly control the three finger actuators - which can rotate 180 degrees in 0.1 seconds. It's only catching softballs at the moment, but operators are optimistic for it to soon catch other objects and grasp moving things. A video with odd sci-fi TV-series (coral cache) accents is available."

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Re:High speed moving objects?!

[linux_haxor]

Chicken or duck eggs
nope,
swallow eggs but were they contained in an African or European swallow at the time of throwing?

Illegal Presidents?

[pin_gween]

Its been said publicly by Bush that we like illegal aliens for cheap labor (maybe other Presidents as well).

I, for one, would be in favor of an illegal alien president (couldn't do worse than the current pres). Alas, however, only NATURAL BORN citizens can be president.