If rock beats scissors, scissors beat paper, and paper beats rock, then what beats robot? NOTHING. No, really — a team of Japanese researchers has just unveiled a robot hand that cannot be beaten at ...

A new soft sensing system could help humanoid robots move their hands with far greater precision in delicate, human-like ...

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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 ...

YouTuber and former NASA engineer Mark Rober is betting on his robot being able to beat anyone, every time, in Rock-Paper-Scissors. He is so confident about his robot, affectionately named Rocky, ...

Korean researchers have created a very realistic and capable robot hand that looks very promising. It is strong (34N of grip strength) and reasonably lightweight (1.1 kg), too. There are several ...

Engineers have created an ultrasound wristband that uses AI to track hand movements in real time. By imaging wrist tendons like "puppet strings," the wearable allows users to wirelessly control robots ...

Here’s some nightmare fuel from the world of robotics: a robot arm with a six-fingered hand that can detach itself and crawl around on its own. The contraption is the invention of a team from the ...

Robots are getting a sense of touch. Researchers at the University of Texas have developed robotic hands that can gently ...

A new type of robotic hand developed at the University of Texas can grasp objects as fragile as a potato chip or a raspberry ...