In tests, the hand was able to detach from its arm, crawl like a small multi-legged robot, and retrieve up to three objects ...

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

EPFL's robotic appendage features fingers that bend both ways and is designed to retrieve objects from spaces too hazardous ...

A new robotic hand resembles a beloved character from the Addams Family franchise. Like the sentient human hand called Thing, ...

Unlike traditional robotic grippers fixed to stationary arms, this dual-mode manipulator functions both as a conventional end effector and as an independent mobile tool. Once undocked, ...

To reliably complete household chores, assemble products and tackle other manual tasks, robots should be able to adapt their ...

OpenAI has rapidly scaled its robotics lab over the past year and plans to open up a second lab, insiders say.

In 1980, the first industrial robot arm could move six axes with brute strength, but it couldn’t pick up a strawberry without crushing it. Four decades later, robotic arms are faster, safer, and ...

Anyone committed to building a particular skill is capable of experiencing the "ceiling effect," in which performance plateaus after years of training. For hobbyists, this is frustrating; for ...