With this new lightweight prosthetic hand, activities like tying knots, combing hair, and playing chess could become much ...

The physical interaction with the environment through grasping is critical for many robotic applications, particularly in dynamic and unstructured settings ...

Passive training using a robotic exoskeleton hand could help pianists overcome ... It appears in such classical pieces as Chopin's Etude Op. 25. No. 6, Maurice Ravel's "Ondine," and the first ...

Our hands perform thousands of complex tasks every day – can artificial intelligence help robots match these extraordinary human appendages? The human hand is one of the most staggeringly ...

Vision-guided robots can even carefully extract nuclear waste from reactors. But can they really ever compete with the amazing capabilities of the human hand? I recently gave birth to my first child.

A biohybrid hand which can move objects and do a scissor gesture has been created. The researchers used thin strings of lab-grown muscle tissue bundled into sushilike rolls to give the fingers enough ...

Prosthetic hands have long struggled to replicate the ... electromyogram control and a wearable soft robotic armband. This study aimed to investigate whether users could control grip forces ...

Apple has released a research paper and video detailing a smart robot lamp. With a Pixar-style design, Apple has developed two robot models to complete everyday tasks, including play music ...

To overcome this obstacle, an award-winning pianist and scientist has developed a robotic hand that helps musicians passively practice piano. The motions divined through the powered exoskeleton ...

Humanoid robots will be competing against human athletes. China is gearing up to host the world's first marathon that will see the participation of both human and robot runners. Scheduled for ...

According to a press release from China’s Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area, more than 12,000 human runners will square off against dozens of bipedal, humanoid robots from more ...