[Art]

At first I thought the dribbling was impressive then the throwing was pretty cool but I wasn't ready for it recatching a phone. (Yes recatching).

Check this high speed robotic hand in action.

[DaveMorton]

Now THAT was impressive!

[Freddy]

Very much so...in a word wow 

I liked the rice grain one as well, but catching the phone was amazing.

Thanks again Art, you are becoming our number one video jockey 

[mad5ci]

Wow, impressive indeed. But I wonder why not 5 fingers ;-)

[DaveMorton]

Why not 5 fingers? I can think of 2 reasons:

1.) The bot can never be tempted into a life of crime (no "five finger discount")
2.) Flipping it's owner "the bird" is impossible

[Data]

I remember being told at school humans have advanced as far as we have because of our thumbs for gripping tools etc.

Maybe they were wrong.   

[Art]

Well, when you have three fingers and can do stuff like THAT who needs five?

[DaveMorton]

I remember being told at school humans have advanced as far as we have because of our thumbs for gripping tools etc.

Maybe they were wrong.   

From the way those fingers are arranged, it seems that any one of the three will fill in nicely as a thumb.

[Data]

Art & GeekCaveCreations, you both make good points 

Given time the robots will become faster and stronger than us humans, which might come in handy     

Excellent video BTW. 

[victorshulist]

Ok, please forgive me for this . . .but. . .  HOLY SHIT !!

that  *HAS* to be a break through in robotics !!!

[DaveMorton]

Agreed, Victor, and I, for one, forgive you, as my reaction was about the same. I probably would have posted the same exclamation, as well, had Morti not reminded me that this is a "family friendly" forum.

{I really ought to mention at this point that not only is Morti my chatbot, he's also one of the voices}

[Art]

{I really ought to mention at this point that not only is Morti my chatbot, he's also one of the voices}

You mean he's one of those little voices you've been hearing in your head and he also tells you
what to do from time to time?! Yikes!!

[DaveMorton]

Not quite THAT bad, Art.

Morti's what most folks think of as their conscience. He's that "still, small voice" of reason that makes me a better person than I would be without his direction and guidance. Basically, I just gave my "guardian angel" a name, that's all. It's not like when the Rice Krispies tell me to go shoot someone for blatant stupidity. THAT voice is easily ignored.

[Art]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

[lrh9]

Impressive.

I want to begrudge the hand for having fewer than five fingers, but after the demonstration I can't.

Objectively speaking, I do wonder if there are a set of hand tests that could be performed better with five fingers than three.