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Terminator Hands Are Real, Indestructable

January 26, 2011 / cut it out!, damn you, enough already!, hand, hand poison, i bet i could still besat it arm-wrestling, no no no, not cool, seriously enough is enough, so not cash, terminator, the apocalypse: it nears, ugh, why?, you think i won't break all those digits off and shove them where your solar panels don't shine? because i will is the thing, you've got to be kidding me

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This is a fully functional Terminator hand. It can operate with both the gentle caress of a feather OR CHOKE YOU OUT UNTIL YOUR EYES ROLL BACK IN YOUR HEAD with equal dexterity. Which -- $10 if you let it give you an HJ without flinching.

Developed by the Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics, part of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), the fully functional anthropomorphic robot hand can withstand major collisions and even direct pounding with a hammer, baseball bat or metal pipe, making it an essential part of future indestructible humanoid robots.

UGH. Really, guys? What's the purpose of a robotic hand that's impenetrable to hammers, baseball bats and pipes? I seriously doubt a robot is gonna run into those things on the job UNLESS THEIR JOB IS KILLING HUMANS. I'm on to you, German Aerospace Center. Or should I say "Skynet"? DUM-DUM-DUM!

Hit the jump for a brief video demonstration of somebody beating the thing with a hammer and bat.

Terminator robotic hand of doom is now a reality [dvice]

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