The ALLEX robotic hand from South Korean firm WIRobotics demonstrates its high-accuracy micro-picking and fastening capabilities, detecting forces as small as 100 grams for incredibly fine manipulation. This is a major step for safe human-robot interaction and a worrying development for anyone who gets paid to assemble tiny, intricate things. The 15-degree-of-freedom hand is part of an upper-body humanoid system designed to be inherently compliant, meaning it can react to contact without dedicated force sensors.
