What is Delaying the Manipulator Revolution? (opens in new tab)

What is Delaying the Manipulator Revolution? Horn, Berthold K.P. Despite two decades of work on mechanical manipulators and their associated controls, we do not see wide-spread application of these devices to many of the tasks to which they seem so obviously suited. Somehow, a variety of interacting causes has conspired to prevent them from fulfilling their much talked about potential. In part, this appears to be the result of a research effort that was too small, too fragmented, and too disc...