Headless, One-Armed Robot Juggles Two Balls

Posted on May 16, 2012

Japanese researchers at Chiba University have taught a dexterous headless one-armed robot to juggle two balls with its one hand. The robot hand has three fingers it uses to grip and toss the balls. IEEE Spectrum's Automaton blog says the robot can exeuctive about five consecutive catchers before it loses a ball. The robot has no shoulder joint and cannot catch a ball once it moves out of reach. Take a look:

The juggling robot was presented at the 2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation.

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