Robotics has made jaw-dropping progress in perception, navigation, and even conversational interfaces. Yet one part of the human body continues ...

Credit: Bio-Inspired Robotics Laboratory, University of Cambridge/Cover Images Researchers have designed a low-cost, energy-efficient robotic hand that can grasp a range of objects – and not drop them ...

New York, NY—April 27, 2023—Think about what you do with your hands when you’re home at night pushing buttons on your TV’s remote control, or at a restaurant using all kinds of cutlery and glassware.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The human hand is amazingly complex—so much so that most modern ...

A new robot hand provides extremely fast and flexible finger movements, while also being tough enough to survive intense damage. That durability helps the hand, which is already being used in Google ...

The very capable robotic picker-upper can grasp things on both sides and roam around freely. By Ari Daniel As a mother of three, Aude Billard, a roboticist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ...