What has opposable thumbs and is the most dexterous tool on the planet? The human hand, obviously. Well … not anymore. At ...

To reliably complete household chores, assemble products and tackle other manual tasks, robots should be able to adapt their ...

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

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

With up to six fingers that can bend in multiple directions, the innovative tool could one day be used to carry out tasks in tight spaces ...

The robot can bend, grasp and carry in ways humans can’t, which could help it navigate spaces too confined for human arms.

The result is something akin to Thing from “The Addams Family” — with all the scamper and skill, but none of the skin or ...

Swiss scientists have developed a robotic hand that can walk off on its own - rather like Thing from The Addams Family. The ...

A robotic hand developed at EPFL can pick up 24 different objects with human-like movements that emerge spontaneously, thanks to compliant materials and structures rather than programming. When you ...

From bionic limbs to sentient androids, robotic entities in science fiction blur the boundaries between biology and machine. Real-life robots are far behind in comparison. While we aren’t going to ...

Have you ever wondered why robots are unable to walk and move their bodies as fluidly as we do? Some robots can run, jump, or dance with greater efficiency than humans, but their body movements also ...

A robotic hand can pick up 24 different objects with human-like movements that emerge spontaneously, thanks to compliant materials and structures rather than programming. (Nanowerk News) When you ...