Upper-limb amputees often struggle with everyday tasks due to their limited dexterity. The existing prosthetic ...

Combining lab-grown muscle tissue with a series of flexible mechanical joints has led to the development of an artificial ...

A team of researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) has recently developed a lightweight ...

The physical interaction with the environment through grasping is critical for many robotic applications, particularly in dynamic and unstructured settings ...

Our hands perform thousands of complex tasks every day – can artificial intelligence help robots match these extraordinary human appendages?

An curved arrow pointing right. Due to their complex and delicate features, human hands have always been a challenge to replicate in the robotics field. Two researchers, Zhe Zu and Emanuel Todorov ...

A prosthetic hand that weighs about half that of a human hand also enables wearers to carry out intricate tasks, such as tying knots ...

Wednesday and Thursday, authorities had a mystery on their hands after a dog picked up what appeared to be a human hand inside a glove northeast of Hutchinson. The hunting ...

A research team from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) has unveiled a groundbreaking biomimetic ...

The human hand is one of the most staggeringly sophisticated and physiologically intricate parts of the body. It has more than 30 muscles, 27 joints alongside a network of ligaments and tendons ...