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 ...

In tests, the hand was able to detach from its arm, crawl like a small multi-legged robot, and retrieve up to three objects ...

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

EPFL engineers unveil a detachable robotic hand that crawls into tight spaces, grips objects both ways, and returns ...

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

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

Swiss engineers have unveiled a robotic hand reportedly more efficient than its human counterpart. The device, developed at the Swiss Federal Technology Institute of Lausanne (EPFL), features a ...

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

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 ...

First grader Amarah Ramirez, who has arthrogryposis affecting her arms and is blind, can now participate in class using a custom LED robotic hand built just for her by the Moorhead robotics team.

Students at the Springdale Public Library were treated to a workshop about biomechanical engineering led by representatives from the University of Arkansas. Click here to see more photos from the ...