EPFL's robotic appendage features fingers that bend both ways and is designed to retrieve objects from spaces too hazardous ...

The human hand is amazingly complex. With 34 muscles, more than 30 tendons, and 27 bones, hands can grasp objects, express emotion, create works of art, and accomplish many of the tasks that drive ...

Foundational Concepts in Programming Industrial Robots. Before you can get a robot to do anything useful, you need to understand how it works and the math behind its movements. It ...

While viral videos of robots performing parkour and backflips dominate social media feeds, industry insiders suggest these acrobatic feats are misleading indicators of progress. Industry executives at ...

Foundational Concepts in Programming Industrial Robots. Before you can get a robot to do anything useful, you need to understand how it works and the math behind its movements. It ...

The symmetrical design and flexible fingers mean that the robot can transport objects on either side of its body. For humans, ...

This New Skittering Robotic Hand Could Reach Things You Can't ...

The curious minds at ColdFusion showcase a robot hand learning to mimic human movements.

As AI moves into the physical world, Ulta’s robot manicurist offers a glimpse of what’s next. In my suburban Boston Ulta, I’m sitting with my hand in a little box. I’ve been promised that in roughly ...

Consider the marvelous physics of the human knee. The largest hinge joint in the body, it has two rounded bones held together ...

Mechanical engineers at Duke University have developed solid building blocks whose mechanical properties can ...

Robots are becoming smarter and more common, but their ability to handle objects with human-like precision remains limited.