An autonomous robotic system detects toxic heavy metals in water using self-powered nanosensors and ambient heat, enabling safe, real-time environmental monitoring without external power or manual ...

Ashwathi Menon, co-captain of UMBC's Indian fusion dance team, helps demo some of the technology in the lab. Here, she demonstrates the Katakamukha mudra as a robotic hand mimics her gesture. Parthan ...

The table shows the pin configuration of the Arduino UNO–based robotic arm. The red (VCC) wires of all servos are connected ...

Consider the marvelous physics of the human knee. The largest hinge joint in the body, it has two rounded bones held together ...

In the first days of my son’s life, during the fall of 2023, he spent much of the time when he wasn’t sleeping or eating engaged in what some cognitive scientists call “motor babbling.” His arms and ...

Researchers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) have identified a richer structure of human hand movement by studying Bharatanatyam hand gestures, known as mudras. The work suggests ...