The human hand is a dexterous and versatile machine. Scientists have conventionally tried to replicate these traits in robots by copying the biological mechanics of the hand, resulting in complex and ...

Inspired by his childhood fascination with Japanese cartoon robot Doraemon, Alex Zhou built Linkerbot into China's ...

Most of the time, assuming nothing’s gone wrong with them, we take our hands so much for granted that it’s easy to forget ...

Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed an untethered robotic hand that walks on its five fingertips, navigates varied ...

Arizona State University was one of four universities selected for Honda’s robotics research program. Faculty-led teams ...

Agilink, a spin-off of Chinese robotics giant AgiBot, asked Fu Xianghong, a master of traditional Suzhou embroidery, to train ...

Sanctuary AI's Phoenix robot is certainly an impressive beast, with hydraulically actuated hands that are incredibly dextrous. Well, those hands have recently become even more useful, as each one is ...

If The Addams Family was a science fiction show, “Thing” might look something like this. Researchers have developed a robotic hand that can not only skitter about on its fingertips, it can also bend ...

Here’s a party trick: Try opening a bottle of water using your thumb and pointer finger while holding it without spilling. It sounds simple, but the feat requires strength, dexterity, and coordination ...