A new robotic hand resembles a beloved character from the Addams Family franchise. Like the sentient human hand called Thing, ...

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

The symmetrical design and flexible fingers mean that the robot can transport objects on either side of its body. For humans, that would look like holding a ball in your palm while simultaneously ...

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

Unlike traditional robotic grippers fixed to stationary arms, this dual-mode manipulator functions both as a conventional end effector and as an independent mobile tool. Once undocked, ...

Zhejiang University researchers build a flexible robotic hand that literally “sees around corners,” combining deep learning ...

To reliably complete household chores, assemble products and tackle other manual tasks, robots should be able to adapt their ...

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 ...

A company called OpenAI says it has developed a robot hand that grips objects in a more human-like way, and it didn't have to be taught by humans -- it learned all on its own. Share on Facebook (opens ...

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 ...