What changes when a robot “hand” is no longer tied to the arm it works for? A group of researchers with the names Xiao Gao ...

Sanctuary AI's Phoenix robot is certainly an impressive beast, with hydraulically actuated hands that are incredibly dextrous. Well, those hands have recently become even more useful, as each one is ...

MIT engineers built an ultrasound wristband that tracks 22 degrees of hand freedom with 120ms latency, enabling real-time robot hand and sign language control.

When most of us pick up an object, we don't have to think about how to orient it in our hand. It's something that comes naturally to us as we learn to navigate the world. That's something that allows ...

Researchers are paving the way for the design of bionic limbs that feel natural to users. They demonstrate the connection between hand movement patterns and motoneuron control patterns. The study, ...