People who have lost their hands due to accidents use robotic hands, but natural movements are difficult. This is because ...

To use, the operator wore a haptic glove, each finger of which connected to a motion-sensing device. The operator's hand ...

When the sensors and AI were helping, the participants could "very reliably" grasp a cup and pretend to take a sip, Trout ...

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in collaboration with Shanghai Jiao Tong University, have developed ...

How does a robotic arm or a prosthetic hand learn a complex task like grasping and rotating a ball? Researchers address the classic 'nature versus nurture' question. The research demonstrates that the ...

True robotic dexterity will open up markets that automation has barely touched, such as This is where robotics evolves from ...

When someone has been rendered tetraplegic by a spinal cord injury, they may still retain partial use of their wrists. An experimental device has been designed to help such folks lift cumbersome ...

Clone Robotics is going to impressive lengths to make sure its "intelligent androids" will have some of the most human-like hands in the business, and watching the way their hydraulic "muscles" move ...

Scientists at the University of Texas at Arlington, for example, have built a soft exoskeleton that fastens onto the arm and, ...