A team led by Dr. Nathan Lepora of the University of Bristol and Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL) is getting ready to work on a $1 million project funded by the Leverhulme Trust under the Research Leadership Award scheme. The project will center around a 3D printed robotic hand that the team will be working to imbue with the intelligence required for it to perform autonomous, manipulative tasks. As manufacturing progresses, so must the field of robotics as they will need to be smarter for working on assembly lines and in other fields. Read more at 3DPrint.com: http://3dprint.com/169086/forebrain-...-printed-hand/