Scaling up biohybrid robots has been difficult due to the weak contractile force of lab-grown muscles, the risk of necrosis ...

The company’s dexterous robotic hands, featuring 21 degrees ... all within the compact size of a human-sized hand and forearm. Sanctuary’s miniaturized hydraulic valves, which it claims ...

Existing soft robotic hands can only lift around 2.8 pounds ... The prosthetic hand’s fingertips are covered in a patch of E-dermis the size of a fingernail. Each finger bends naturally, curling into ...

How does a robotic arm or a prosthetic hand learn a complex task like grasping and rotating a ball? Researchers address the classic 'nature versus nurture' question. The research demonstrates that the ...

The GRIP-tape gripper from UC San Diego utilizes measuring tape for a unique, flexible design, enhancing robotic handling of various objects in agriculture.

The system’s hybrid design is a first for robotic hands, which have typically been too rigid or too soft to replicate a human’s touch when handling objects of varying textures and materials.

Researchers from the University of Tokyo and Waseda University in Japan have developed a biohybrid robot hand powered by lab ... scaling up size and complexity. The team envisions applications ...

Robotic tools are too big for ‘keyhole’ brain surgery – but a new miniature technology using magnets could change all that.