While space structures and robotic arms require lightweight actuation devices capable of repetitive movement, conventional ...

Public releases show the Office of Naval Research (ONR) funding at least two efforts aimed at improving robot hand dexterity ...

Xiaomi unveils a robot hand with full-palm sensing and artificial sweat, bringing human-like touch, precision, and cooling to ...

Engineers have created an ultrasound wristband that uses AI to track hand movements in real time. By imaging wrist tendons like "puppet strings," the wearable allows users to wirelessly control robots ...

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few ...

A high-tech wristband enables wearers to control a robotic hand with such dexterity that it can play the piano. By moving their own hands and fingers, users can direct a robot to play keyboards or ...

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 ...

Try to outplay an AI-enabled system at chess or outlast a robot worker operating in rooms filled with radiation and you’d likely fall short. But even with all that advancement, machines still struggle ...

Robots may be coming for your chores someday, but at the University of Texas at Austin they are starting with something far ...