dexterous
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"Self-driving cars weren't really proved to be as easy as anyone thought. And it's the same way with humanoid robots to some extent," the lead of NASA's Dexterous Robotics Team, Shaun Azimi, told Reuters.
From Reuters • Sep. 20, 2022
The drone’s design was inspired by wasps The design was inspired by nature, says Matthew Estrada, a PhD candidate at Stanford’s Biomimetics and Dexterous Manipulation Lab and co-author on the paper.
From The Verge • Oct. 24, 2018
Dexterous can also be used to describe mental skill and agility — like the dexterous handling of an uncomfortable situation at work.
From Time • Mar. 19, 2014
Another tug, the Dexterous, arrived from Falmouth to help; the radio began crackling out urgent messages : Keith to Carlsen: "A helicopter is standing by to take you off."
From Time Magazine Archive
Dexterous penmanship is a source of the same sort of pride as that which animates the skillful rifleman, the practiced duelist, or well-trained billiard-player.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. by Various
Vocabulary lists containing dexterous
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