A simple spring-powered robot can pinch, twist, hook and grasp with just two air inputs, outperforming the human hand in some ...

A hand crawling around, detached from an arm and seemingly with a life of its own. It might sound familiar to fans of The Addams Family or Wednesday, but this "Thing" isn't fantasy, it's a tech ...

Linkerbot cofounder Alex Zhou is racing to mass produce affordable, dexterous robotic hands that will be game changers for ...

What has opposable thumbs and is the most dexterous tool on the planet? The human hand, obviously. Well … not anymore. At least according to engineers at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne’s ...

What makes a humanoid hand so fascinating? Imagine a robotic gripper delicately assembling intricate components on a factory floor or carefully holding fragile medical instruments during surgery.

Hands are remarkable tools, translating thought into action by allowing us to grasp, feel and manipulate objects. They also connect the body to the environment, converting neural signals into precise ...

KAIST used AI to discover an optimal material recipe that makes 3D-printed products as stretchable as rubber without clogging ...

A conventional robotic hand is equipped with multiple motors or peripheral devices for grasping a wide variety of objects. This study presents a robotic hand equipped with multiple grippers that are ...