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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

Credit: Bio-Inspired Robotics Laboratory, University of Cambridge/Cover Images Researchers have designed a low-cost, energy-efficient robotic hand that can grasp a range of objects – and not drop them ...

Researchers have unveiled a robotic hand, the F-TAC Hand, which integrates high-resolution tactile sensing across an unprecedented 70% of its surface area, allowing for human-like adaptive grasping.

Forget Thing T. Thing from The Addams Family; modern science has officially brought us a detachable robot hand that can ...

Researchers have successfully created a robotic hand with bones, ligaments and tendons using 3D printing for the first time. A team from ETH Zurich in Switzerland were able to accomplish the complex ...

Ask the most bullish representatives of big AI companies, and they’ll tell you that robotic colleagues and house staff are just around the corner. A massive market for robotic aids, powered by AI ...