With up to six fingers that can bend in multiple directions, the innovative tool could one day be used to carry out tasks in tight spaces ...

Prosthetic hands have long struggled to replicate the dexterity and functionality of natural hands, often limiting users to a single grasp function at a time. This limitation has made everyday tasks, ...

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

Here’s some nightmare fuel from the world of robotics: a robot arm with a six-fingered hand that can detach itself and crawl ...

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

Upper-limb amputees often struggle with everyday tasks due to their limited dexterity. The existing prosthetic hands often lack the fine motor skills and natural movement required for truly ...

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 ...

"We're combining the strengths of both rigid and soft robotics to mimic the human hand," Sankar said. "The human hand isn't completely rigid or purely soft—it's a hybrid system, with bones, soft ...

The first-ever magnet-controlled prosthetic hand grasps an organic hand (Courtesy of the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies via Courthouse News). A black robotic hand grasps a human hand in front of ...

The research team led by Dr. Minki Sin, Senior Researcher at KIMM, has developed an ultra-light robotic prosthetic hand that allows amputees to stably and efficiently grasp various objects with simple ...

“It’s my robot hand,” Lydia H. exclaimed, then grabbed at her mom and older brother. Lydia, who was born without her left forearm and hand, has in many ways overcome the limitations of her body on her ...