As difficult as it is for a human to learn ambidexterity, it’s quite easy to program into a humanoid robot. After all, a ...

But a new project out of MIT and Harvard imagines a better robotic hand–one with no hand at all. Instead of human fingers, it’s modeled after a Venus flytrap and one very clever origami project.

A robotic hand developed at EPFL can pick up 24 different objects with human-like movements that emerge spontaneously, thanks to compliant materials and structures rather than programming.

Robots can lift heavy loads and work nonstop, tirelessly moving boxes or assembling parts on an assembly line. But ask them to perform something simple for a human, like turning a door handle ...

Three minutes after Quigley spoke his initial request, the robot reaches down, closes its fingers, and lifts its hand up from the table. And all it holds is a pocket of air.

Ordinarily, the fingers of a robotic hand are moved by cables connected to electric motors. It's a reasonably simple, effective and inexpensive setup, as long as the hand is only required to ...

Remember when the idea of a robotic hand was a clunky mitt that could do little more than crush things in its iron grip? No more!

Scientists have developed a 3D-printed robotic hand which can play simple musical phrases on the piano by just moving its wrist. And while the robot is no virtuoso, it demonstrates just how ...

If you’re just building for fun though, you can just go with whatever parts you have on hand. That’s how [Sorush Moradisani] approached building Esghati— a “robot made from garbage.” ...

A research team led by engineers with the University of California San Diego has shown off a robotic hand that can rotate an object in its palm using touch-based sensors rather than by sight.

Scientists have developed a 3D-printed robotic hand which can play simple musical phrases on the piano by just moving its wrist. And while the robot is no virtuoso, it demonstrates just how ...