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

Switzerland-based Mimic Robotics AG said Monday it has raised $16 million in seed funding from Elaia and Speedinvest to enable robotic hands to adapt to complex, high-precision tasks that conventional ...

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

Scientists have developed a low-cost, durable, highly-sensitive robotic ‘skin’ that can be added to robotic hands like a glove, enabling robots to detect information about their surroundings in a way ...

LAS VEGAS and TOKYO, Jan. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- XELA Robotics (www.xelarobotics.com), a specialist in advanced 3D tactile sensors, has succeeded in providing a human sense of touch for humanoid and ...

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 ...

Alamgir Karim, University of Houston Dow Chair and Welch Foundation Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, is leading a team that makes prosthetic hands move with fine motor skills. In ...

The human hand is amazingly complex. With 34 muscles, more than 30 tendons, and 27 bones, hands can grasp objects, express emotion, create works of art, and accomplish many of the tasks that drive ...