Created by the brains at factory-equipment manufacturer Furukawa Kikou, the SWITL robotic hand was developed with the baking industry in mind. The device is intended to automate certain parts of a bakery’s production line, handling various products that are deemed too soft for our clumsy human hands.
The SWITL appears to use some form of conveyer system. Get ready for some sauce-picking action and prepare to set your minds to blown:
Details on how the technology works is currently unknown, oh Furukawa Kikou you tease.
[via Engadget and Pink Tentacle]
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