I review three papers in the area of dexterous manipulation by machines. These papers focus on different stages of the process of grasping an object. The first describes a method for generating a suitable hand pose to grasp an object at a given set of contact points. The second describes a method for adapting an example manipulation task from a given object to a new object. The third describes ...

purpose: the traditional view regards limb selection in reaching a hemispheric specialization and an permanent biological phenomenon. however, recent studies have questioned this idea. instead, they suggest that the task conditions is also an effective factor. the present study includes two experiments in right and left handed children examining the effect of object location as a task condition...