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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."
If only linux were this fast!
Hahaha I made a linux joke I oughtta write for userfriendly.
Shut the fuck up and deal with it. If you can't do rough conversions from imperial to metric in your head, what the fuck are you doing on slashdot? Turn in your geek badge and kill yourself.
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