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> a human-like robot hand

But why?? Why should robots' hands resemble human hands? They could have any number of fingers, or tentacles, or magnets, why should they be like human hands??

It seems "AI" really means "as close as possible to human behavior", even if we're not really that clever in said behavior.

Also, human intelligence being at least debatable, it's not obvious that the obsessive imitation of humans is the best way to attain "AI".

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Because most objects are made for human hands. So it is better to have a robot with human-like hands (or body) than to change the shape of all the things we have already created. So future robots can use our human-made stuff.

We have built this world for human hands so that has become the best shape overall. It does depend on the situation but I'm guessing for many, an improved human shape is best.

Yep, backwards compatibility, not just hands but bodies overall, if we ever make a robot that can drive existing cars it will pretty much resemble a human body, and our cities were created for human bodies/interactions (walking up stairs, etc)

Human hands are incredible manipulators. Really, compared to what’s in robotics today they’re fabulous. There’s some other promising developments in non human hand style manipulators, but human hands are still really good.

It’s really good practice for your AI system to try it on a human hand. If you can make it work with a human hand you can probably make it work for other manipulators, but it’s a great place to start!

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