Today most of us think robots that have arms and hands use claws and fingers to pick up objects, well that's not the case for this robot, and instead it uses a balloon filled with coffee grounds. With the help of DARPA researches at the Cornell University, University of Chicago, and iRobot have devised a new way for robots to pick up 3 dimensional objects, and all is uses it uses is a balloon, some coffee grounds, and a vacuum. They call it KONA (kinetic object gripping arm) and the devise works when the vacuum turns on and it densely packs the coffee grounds until they are so packed that they cant move or slide against each other. When the devise comes down to an object the loosely packed coffee grounds conform around the object, and then the vacuum turns on and it sucks out all the air causing the coffee grounds to become densely packed and making it grip the object. This is how KONA works and you can see it all in the video. Thanks for reading and if you have any ideas or requests for future posts then please feel free to contact me at faliero96@hotmail.com or just leave a comment below.
