In the face of rising global agricultural labor costs and an aging workforce, a new review published in Engineering explores how agricultural robots are leveraging advanced hand–eye coordination ...

Watch this robotic hand grab hold of an egg, fruits, a large plastic container, and a jug of orange juice. By Charlotte Hu Published Dec 16, 2021 3:00 PM EST Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

From Boston Dynamics’ Atlas to Google’s SayCan, most hand-wielding robots don’t have the dexterity necessary to “feel” what they’re holding. (If they did, maybe a 7-year-old boy wouldn’t have had his ...

It’s quite common for humans — especially those who work in manufacturing — to tie a knot, strip the casing off a cable, insert a pin in a hole or use a hand tool such as a drill. They may seem like ...

A gripper robot has been developed that can grasp all types of objects, from very fine or thin objects such as acupuncture needles and sewing needles to large objects such as boxes. The Korea ...

Scientists designed a new type of controller for the robotic arm used in robotic surgery. Their controller combines the two distinct types of gripping used in commercially available robotic systems to ...

Johns Hopkins University engineers have developed a pioneering prosthetic hand that can grip plush toys, water bottles, and other everyday objects like a human, carefully conforming and adjusting its ...

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

(Nanowerk News) A gripper robot has been developed that can grasp all types of objects, from very fine or thin objects such as acupuncture needles and sewing needles to large objects such as boxes.