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Severed robot hand evokes Thing from The Addams Family
Original: Severed robot hand looks like a futuristic Thing from ‘The Addams Family’ https:// fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.pops ci.com
A severed-looking robotic hand, able to move and gesture on its own, is drawing comparisons to Thing, the disembodied helper from The Addams Family. The device highlights advances in robotic dexterity, showing how lifelike mechanical hands have become. Commenters are struck by the mix of impressive engineering and slightly unsettling realism.
Why now: The eerie, lifelike movement of a standalone robotic hand is both a robotics milestone and a viral pop-culture comparison.
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- Severed robot hand looks like a futuristic Thing from ‘The Addams Family’ https:// fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.pops ci.com/technology/robot-hand-thing-addams-family/ · popsci.com@web.brid.gy · 1
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