Our hands perform thousands of complex tasks every day – can artificial intelligence help robots match these extraordinary human appendages?

We humans use our hands to build fires and sew quilts ... Some are anchored to bones within the hand, while others snake their way to the arm. The wrist is a floating cluster of bones and ...

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Inspired by humans' strategy, the research team introduced a gripper with in-hand translation capability ... this reduced process time by 34% and the robotic arm's travel distance by 71%.

and a highly dimensional tactile experience typical of the human hand.” Study participants were described feeling the sensation of edges, shapes, and movement across a bionic arm. Credit ...

a team of scientists from a Chinese university has developed a highly dexterous spiral soft robot arm comparable to the human hand in multiple grabbing tasks. Demonstration videos have showcased ...

is in prosthetics – taking the place of a human hand lost to accident or disease, for instance. The pioneering myoelectric prosthetic arm and hand that Sarah de Lagarde received gives some hints ...