Designing an anthropomorphic robotic hand seems to make a lot of sense — right up until the point that you realize just how complex the human hand is. What works well in bone and sinew often doesn’t ...

Growing up, we learn to push just hard enough to move a box and to avoid touching a hot pan with our bare hands. Now, a robot ...

Robotic hands, on the other hand, are mechanical devices designed to mimic the functionality of human hands. They are typically comprised of fingers and thumbs, which can be manipulated to grasp, hold ...

A groundbreaking development has come from researchers at the University of Tokyo and Waseda University in Japan. They've created a biohybrid hand, a fusion of lab-grown muscle tissue and mechanical ...

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In this video I show you how to make robotic arm from cardboard, it's quite fun to plaw with. Especially by moving coca cola cans. You need: cardboard, 8 syringes with rubber piston, old battery, 4 ...

An autonomous robotic system detects toxic heavy metals in water using self-powered nanosensors and ambient heat, enabling safe, real-time environmental monitoring without external power or manual ...

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SEVEN NEWS. WE ARE COUNTING DOWN TO THE 101ST BURNING OF ZOZOBRA WITH SOMETHING NEW. THIS YEAR, HE’LL HAVE A ROBOTIC HAND DESIGNED AND BUILT IN NEW MEXICO. TODD KURTZ TAKES US BEHIND THE SCENES.

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have come up with a better prosthetic hand that uses a hybrid design to carefully grip various objects with just the right amount of pressure. The robotic ...

Researchers at UC San Francisco have enabled a man who is paralyzed to control a robotic arm that receives signals from his brain via a computer. He was able to grasp, move and drop objects just by ...