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

Engineers have showcased a robotic hand that can detach from its arm and move ...

Unlike traditional robotic grippers fixed to stationary arms, this dual-mode manipulator functions both as a conventional end effector and as an independent mobile tool. Once undocked, ...

Traditional robots can have difficulty grasping and manipulating soft objects if their manipulators are not flexible in the way elephant trunks, octopus tentacles, or human fingers can be.

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

While plenty of people might worry about losing their jobs to technology, there's one job no one will complain about handing off to robots: bomb disposal. These machines are good in dangerous ...

A new digital tool lets operators train with quadruped robots in virtual environments, cutting risk and cost in nuclear ...