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 withersailor   ( @withersailor@aussie.zone )  to TechnologyEnglish · 3 years ago

Pill Bugs And Chitons Get Jobs As Tiny Grippers

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Pill Bugs And Chitons Get Jobs As Tiny Grippers

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 withersailor   ( @withersailor@aussie.zone )  to TechnologyEnglish · 3 years ago
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A research paper titled Biological Organisms as End Effectors explores the oddball approach of giving small animals jobs as grippers at the end of a robotic arm. Researchers show that pill bugs and…
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    Insects are taking… our jerbs???

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    I doubt this will last long, the pill bug union is going to demand ridiculous pay.

  •  belated_frog_pants   ( @belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org ) 
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    I know bugs are bugs but it seems Fucked making them part of a machine

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    Even isopods are having to work these days smh

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