Ant jaws also feature small hairs that are used to sense items but also to mechanically stabilise their grip on the objects ... They then used this to build a robot gripper. The device consists of two ...

Clearly the same reasons which has led humans to start adopting footwear since humankind’s hunter-gatherer days – including increased grip and traction – also apply to humanoid robots.

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