The Shadow Robot Company's take on the robotic hand, introduced in 2007, draws its power and dexterity from compressed air. Forty "muscles" made of rubber tubing are attached to various points on the ...

The symmetrical design and flexible fingers mean that the robot can transport objects on either side of its body. For humans, ...

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

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

EPFL engineers unveil a detachable robotic hand that crawls into tight spaces, grips objects both ways, and returns ...

In tests, the hand was able to detach from its arm, crawl like a small multi-legged robot, and retrieve up to three objects in sequence before reattaching. View on euronews ...

Forget Thing T. Thing from The Addams Family; modern science has officially brought us a detachable robot hand that can ...

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1. Flagship B20: The tech flagship targets high-end humanoids, specialized industrial arms, and cutting-edge research. With 20 active DOFs, it mimics most human hand movements, excelling in precision ...

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

Step inside the Soft Robotics Lab at ETH Zurich, and you find yourself in a space that is part children’s nursery, part high-tech workshop and part cabinet of curiosities. The lab benches are strewn ...