AI illustration / research conceptNEW / 010Please stick without making a scene.
A gecko-inspired grip makes contact without the big shove. Revisit the 2017 research and NASA’s 2021 Astrobee test.
Terms of Contact.
Three real ways to get a grip, an imagined handover, a greeting with too much ceremony, and an orchestra protected from its own music.
A CHANGE OF PERSPECTIVE
Human view: start with the familiar.
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AI illustration / research conceptNEW / 010A very useful case of the tangles.
Harvard’s 2022 soft gripper makes a useful mess of thin rubber filaments. Complicated objects offer something to get tangled with.
AI illustration / research conceptNEW / 010The box has a weighty opinion.
A 2025 study infers object properties from a robot’s own motion. What moves can tell you what a photograph cannot.
AI illustration / fictionNEW / 010Holding it is only half the job.
In a possible maker library, a robot lends someone the Moon. The difficult part is the last six inches.
AI illustration / fictionNEW / 010Congratulations. You have shaken hands.
An imaginary showroom sells the perfect handshake. By lunchtime, the greeting has acquired a brass section and a witness.
AI illustration / fictionNEW / 010The orchestra arrived in perfect condition.
A robot packs a concert so carefully that the instruments cannot play. Fortunately, the packaging has been rehearsing.