In October, a student presented a robotic hand made entirely from LEGOs at the 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems in Hangzhou, China. But Jared Lepora isn’t in ...

The interactive workshop introduced children to the art of blending science and creativity, allowing them to make 'living' ...

MIT researchers have created an interactive design pipeline that streamlines and simplifies the process of crafting a customized robotic hand with tactile sensors ...

Robotic hands, especially those that try to mimic the dexterity and flexibility of human hands, can cost $250,000 apiece. That’s too expensive for engineers at Sandia Laboratory who are trying to ...

With NSF support, the University of Houston and a collaborative team of researchers are creating skill-augmented prosthetic ...

The Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory (RoMeLa) of the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va., has developed a robotic hand that can The Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory (RoMeLa) ...

What makes a humanoid hand so fascinating? Imagine a robotic gripper delicately assembling intricate components on a factory floor or carefully holding fragile medical instruments during surgery.

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 ...

In early October, Tesla demo’d Optimus, its humanoid robot. The company’s previous demo had involved marching a human out in a robot-like bodysuit, so when Optimus walked slowly around the stage, it ...

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