Scientists closing in on perfecting a robotic hand

December 10, 2007

Scientists around the world are using artificial intelligence software to bring them a step closer to building what they say will be the perfect robotic hand.

The artificial intelligence techniques should help researchers at the University of Portsmouth in the U.K. and Jiao Tong University in Shanghai in their joint effort to create software that will learn and copy human hand movements. And that should enable the robotic device to successfully mimic intricate, dexterous movements only capable today by the human hand. (Computerworld)