What has opposable thumbs and is the most dexterous tool on the planet? The human hand, obviously. Well … not anymore. At ...

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

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

Forget Thing T. Thing from The Addams Family; modern science has officially brought us a detachable robot hand that can actually skitter across the floor and grab you a beer and creep the heck out of ...

The robot hand is reported to benefit from precise torque control, with each of the fingers able to muster up to 10 N of fingertip pinch force. The four joints of each finger are driven by motors ...

A new robot hand provides extremely fast and flexible finger movements, while also being tough enough to survive intense damage. That durability helps the hand, which is already being used in Google ...