World's Smallest Robotic Hand

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World's Smallest Robotic Hand

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday October 17, 2006 @07:43PM from the smell-like-cabbage dept.

BuzzSkyline writes "The world's smallest robotic hand has been built by Yen-Wen Lu and Chang-Jin "CJ" Kim at UCLA's Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department. The microhand can make a fist that can grasp objects smaller than a millimeter across. Check out the freaky video on the researchers' website of the microhand grabbing a blob that looks like a fish egg. The tiny hand is made of inert materials, making it ideal for handling gooey biological samples. Lu and Kim describe their microhand in a paper published October 16 in the journal Applied Physics Letters."

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Finally! by Frogbert · 2006-10-17 19:48 · Score: 4, Funny

Finally something small enough to massage my... never mind.
1. Re:Finally! by R2.0 · 2006-10-18 01:27 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  DAMN IT! Dammit, dammit,dammit,dammit,dammit!
  
  I HATE whn someone steals my jokes.
  
  Do you perhaps live within 70 miles of me? Can I borrow a pickaxe handle?
  
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Yes, but... by salec · 2006-10-17 19:59 · Score: 4, Funny

can it play the world's smallest violin?
not much to do by Rulke · 2006-10-17 21:04 · Score: 2, Funny

I don't know, looks like it can't do much more then grab and hold.. Maybe build it into traps for rats and mice... the hand would grab their balls... and neuter them. Would that be considered a humane trap? atleast they aren't killed :)
Re:In the real world.... by BuzzSkyline · 2006-10-17 21:06 · Score: 4, Funny

Microsurgery? Lab-on-a-chip processing? Little assembly lines where the robot hand gently grabs an ovum, fertilizes it with the help of another little hand, and moves it to the nursery where we grow clones to take over the world? Just a thought.
Re:Oblig... by gykh · 2006-10-17 21:24 · Score: 2, Funny

Could be very handy.

Just perfect for the digital age.
Who cares? by Symp0sium · 2006-10-17 22:12 · Score: 2, Funny

I want to see the worlds smallest robotic foot!
Re:Waldo by DMorritt · 2006-10-17 23:03 · Score: 2, Funny

found ... oh no wait thats not him ...
Re:What is it with... by pookemon · 2006-10-18 00:17 · Score: 2, Funny

Oh well then - a creepy gif is something different... ;)

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