# What things can fingers do that parallel grippers cannot? # What things can fingers do that parallel grippers cannot Or more broadly, could you make a functional general purpose telerobotics platform with actuators that was just a pair of actuators with binary (or discrete) — this is the claim by [[Shariq Hashme]] ### Some things you can do with just two pincers - Type slowly ### Some things you can’t do without an articulated hand - Type quickly <!-- #questions #project/spectech/telerobotics --> [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/What+things+can+fingers+do+that+parallel+grippers+cannot) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/What+things+can+fingers+do+that+parallel+grippers+cannot) <!-- {BearID:7555E4F1-2424-42FD-9659-67B519AC16E6-2401-00000D2E7061A55C} -->