09.2016
VOL. 14 NO. 9
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4 SERVO 09.2016
06 Mind/Iron
The Serious Side of Robotics
09 Showcase
17 Events Calendar
18 New Products
46 RoboLinks
58 SERVO Webstore
66 Advertiser’s Index
07 Robytes
by Jeff and Jenn Eckert
Stimulating Robot Tidbits
• Robotic Surgery Goes Soft
• Origami with a Purpose
• Pizza Hut with Pepper
• Fukushima Bot Flops
• Subterranean Poobot in Operation
60 Then and Now
by Tom Carroll
How Capable are Robot Hands for Everyday Tasks?
Human hands are really amazing creations if you think
about it. Our phalanges can bend and contort to do all
kinds of things. It is not a simple thing to design robots to
grasp and manipulate basic objects that humans can do
with ease. Fortunately, significant strides are being made in
today’s prosthetics and in the science and technology of
robotics.
Columns
• Rays of Light
• Terra About to Get Mowed Over
• Stimulating Salamanders
• SwagBot Down Under
Departments
24 Wiring Up a D2
27 Memoirs of a Traveling Bothead
28 EVENT REPORT: Seattle Bot Bash 2016
The Combat Zone
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