The following video demonstrates the working of a robotic hand developed by the Intel researchers that can literally ’sense’ the shape of objects moving into it’s vicinity. This phenomena is known as ‘electrolocation’ and commonly found in sharks owing to which they are feared for being the ocean’s deadliest predators. The robot spreads a spontaneous electric field in it’s proximity. As the guy moves the bottle closer, the field gets disturbed causing an electric impulse that in turn triggers off the robot’s movement. This is much similar to the concept of RADAR, being implemented perhaps for the first time via a robot. However, the limitation in the present system is that it cannot intercept the exact shape of the object, but the sensitivity is quite sufficient to grab the moving objects. By the way, robotics too, seem to indeed grab the biological rhythm of the organisms. Dear humans, is this what it feels to be God?
Source: Wired
