ABB Robotics and PSYONIC pair the Ability Hand with the GoFa cobot to train robots on human grasping data

PSYONIC/Ability Hand

ABB Robotics is working with PSYONIC to study how touch and motion data from people using the Ability Hand can teach robots delicate, variable tasks that are hard to automate. ABB's GoFa cobot supplies the repeatable motion needed to measure grip force, finger position and movement consistently.

• Target sectors: automotive, aerospace, packaging and logistics, life sciences
• Akhtar: dexterous manipulation is "a data challenge as much as a hardware challenge"
• PSYONIC described as a San Diego company founded in 2015