Overview
Minsky's Tentacle Arm is a research robot, first introduced in 1965. robot reproducing a human arm, on display at the MIT Museum
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- Launch year
- 1965
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- Status
- active
Detailed specifications
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- Controller Model
- PDP-6 computer
- Deployment Notes
- Developed by Marvin Minsky at MIT in 1968. The arm had twelve joints powered by hydraulic motors and was controlled by a PDP-6 computer or joystick. It featured a replica human hand with pressure sensors and was used for block stacking tasks with computer vision guidance via TV camera.
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