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

The robot can bend, grasp and carry in ways humans can’t, which could help it navigate spaces too confined for human arms.

The Shadow Robot Company's take on the robotic hand, introduced in 2007, draws its power and dexterity from compressed air. Forty "muscles" made of rubber tubing are attached to various points on the ...

This New Skittering Robotic Hand Could Reach Things You Can't ...

Recent research at Kennesaw State University is working to create robots that better understand movement, touch, and ...

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

A wearable robot that allows one person to "share" someone else's body is being developed by researchers at the University of Tokyo and Keio University. Amy Pollock reports.

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German startup Agile Robots has previewed a new humanoid robot designed for real-world industrial ...