<![CDATA[Japanese Robot Hand Crushes Cans, Gives Dean Kamen the Finger - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[Japanese Robot Hand Crushes Cans, Gives Dean Kamen the Finger - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[Japanese Robot Hand Crushes Cans, Gives Dean Kamen the Finger]]> The first thing that comes to mind is "JAX" from "Mortal kombat"..of course the "Steve Irkel" Version.

guknranadeus

]]> <![CDATA[Japanese Robot Hand Crushes Cans, Gives Dean Kamen the Finger]]> The point of the video is to show that this robot hand can crush a can AS WELL AS pick up small objects and handle objects delicately. This was previously thought to be impossible. These students came up with a wire system that can do both.

Also, they did in fact use steel for pop cans back in the day. I can't imagine any company using steel for a pop can these days since steel is not cheap.

Stylze

]]> <![CDATA[Japanese Robot Hand Crushes Cans, Gives Dean Kamen the Finger]]> actually on second thought, even aluminum cans are slightly thicker in japan...

chueychihuahua

]]> <![CDATA[Japanese Robot Hand Crushes Cans, Gives Dean Kamen the Finger]]> those are regular aluminum cans, you can see the ALUMI written in japanese. I think they use steel cans mostly for drinks that are meant to be served hot and some beers.

chueychihuahua

]]> <![CDATA[Japanese Robot Hand Crushes Cans, Gives Dean Kamen the Finger]]> The issue is not a hand STRONG enough to crush a can, but a hand gentle enough to hold a baby. I guess the true GIzmodo-style test is, would you be willing to use it if you were an amputee standing at a urinal.

Skeptical_Geezer

]]> <![CDATA[Japanese Robot Hand Crushes Cans, Gives Dean Kamen the Finger]]> Now I have a preview of what to expect when I see a drunk robot walking down the street.

Justapspfan

]]> <![CDATA[Japanese Robot Hand Crushes Cans, Gives Dean Kamen the Finger]]> Eugene:

Just keep in mind these are not the paper-thin american cans.
If you crush one of these on your head you'll end up with a slightly bent can, and one hell of a headache.

Synthaxx

]]> <![CDATA[Japanese Robot Hand Crushes Cans, Gives Dean Kamen the Finger]]> So was that generic japanese soda? My parents used to buy those yellow and black cans of pop back in the 70's. The worst taste evar. Good times...good times.

TerryinSt.Paul

]]> <![CDATA[Japanese Robot Hand Crushes Cans, Gives Dean Kamen the Finger]]> theOquistador

ever been to Japan? the cans are just as thin as ours. And they do not use steel.

Pyper

]]> <![CDATA[Japanese Robot Hand Crushes Cans, Gives Dean Kamen the Finger]]> It looks wussy because those aren't aluminum cans. Unlike the U.S. most other countries in the world still use steel for pop cans. They're about as rigid a soup can.

theOquistador

]]> <![CDATA[Japanese Robot Hand Crushes Cans, Gives Dean Kamen the Finger]]> Your all missing the point, it is a hand that is programmed to be only as strong as a humans, it learns from the input the human user is providing.

If you cranked it up it would squish the can.

Pyper

]]> <![CDATA[Japanese Robot Hand Crushes Cans, Gives Dean Kamen the Finger]]> Is anyone else disapointed in our new robot overlords? How are they supposed to subdue us if they can't crush a can?

Inigo Montoya

]]> <![CDATA[Japanese Robot Hand Crushes Cans, Gives Dean Kamen the Finger]]> Hmmmm...Tokyo Institute for Technology, what would the acronym for that school be...

-jamz

jimdamico

]]> <![CDATA[Japanese Robot Hand Crushes Cans, Gives Dean Kamen the Finger]]> it's about as strong as mr. burns

chueychihuahua

]]> <![CDATA[Japanese Robot Hand Crushes Cans, Gives Dean Kamen the Finger]]> I bet it will be Americans who invent the first robot that can crush a can on it's head.

srfndave

]]> <![CDATA[Japanese Robot Hand Crushes Cans, Gives Dean Kamen the Finger]]> Crush? My two year old's plastic toy claw (looks like the thing the traffic violaters use to pick up garbage) can squeeze harder than that.

geeman

]]> <![CDATA[Japanese Robot Hand Crushes Cans, Gives Dean Kamen the Finger]]> seemed pretty weak, is it a super strength tin can?

sinkingof

]]> <![CDATA[Japanese Robot Hand Crushes Cans, Gives Dean Kamen the Finger]]> Quite unimpressive considering how easily a can can be squeezed from the side like that and I wouldn't call it crushed since it didn't do much more than dent it. I remember seeing thigs like this in the 80's. I remember seeing kits in the back of magazines that could do as much as this can.

Eugene

]]> <![CDATA[Japanese Robot Hand Crushes Cans, Gives Dean Kamen the Finger]]> Ok, so how soon til the Terminators kill us all?

DashTheHand

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