Like something out of the Addams Family, scientists have created a detachable robotic hand that can crawl and grab objects.

The proposed robotic hand is designed for dexterity and has versatile functions for grasping, crawling and locomotion.

Alex Perry is a tech reporter at Mashable who primarily covers video games and consumer tech. Alex has spent most of the last ...

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

Holding an egg requires a gentle touch. Squeeze too hard, and you'll make a mess. Opening a water bottle, on the other hand, ...

The result is something akin to Thing from “The Addams Family” — with all the scamper and skill, but none of the skin or ...

The curious minds at ColdFusion showcase a robot hand learning to mimic human movements. Mendoza, a fourth-down call for the ...

Can robots grasp diverse objects adaptively like humans? Published in National Science Review, researchers from Tsinghua ...

At CES 2026, ROBOTERA is showcasing a side of humanoid robotics that often gets less attention than walking or AI ...

The nervous system does an astonishing job of tracking sensory information, and does so using signals that would drive many computer scientists insane: a noisy stream of activity spikes that may be ...

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