Developing a durable and affordable hand is one of the biggest challenges in robotics.

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. — Inside a lab at Northern Kentucky University, students and professors from multiple disciplines are working on a project to make life easier — and faster, and less intrusive — ...

Zhengyang (Kris) Weng (MSR '25) brought a passion for the piano to MSR, where his independent project replicating a human hand could ultimately impact robots in hospital operating rooms. The gentle ...

Robotics has made jaw-dropping progress in perception, navigation, and even conversational interfaces. Yet one part of the human body continues ...

The innovative robotic hand features reversible fingers, allowing for autonomous movement and multi-object handling, merging ...

Khaberni - It appears that providing robots with a hand capable of functioning in a manner similar to the human hand remains an elusive goal for robotics companies at this time, as achieving it is ...

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Researchers at MIT CSAIL have created a new soft robotic system, RoboGrocery that uses vision technology and soft tactile sensors to determine how to pack an item without damage. Researchers from ...

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While it looks like fun, there's more beyond the surface, as technology introduces Iowa Falls-Alden High School students to basic coding and project building in Robotics classes.