A new type of hydrostatic transmission combines hydraulic and pneumatic lines and safely uses robot arms giving them new delicate capabilities such as picking up an egg without breaking it . The transition has almost no flexibility which makes it possible to get rid of bulky hydraulic lines , enabling robotic arms to be made lighter and smaller . Researchers say the system is ideally suited to environments that allow life interaction with people with capacities of being life - like .
A new type of hydrostatic transmission combines hydraulic and pneumatic lines and safely drives robot arms giving them new delicate characteristics such as picking up an egg without breaking it. The transition has almost no friction which makes it possible to get rid of bulky hydraulic lines, enabling robotic limbs to be made lighter and smaller. Researchers say the technology is ideally suited to robots that compliment life interaction with people with capacities of being life-like.