What has opposable thumbs and is the most dexterous tool on the planet? The human hand, obviously. Well … not anymore. At ...

A wearable robot that allows one person to "share" someone else's body is being developed by researchers at the University of Tokyo and Keio University. Amy Pollock reports.

The symmetrical design and flexible fingers mean that the robot can transport objects on either side of its body. For humans, ...

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 ...

This New Skittering Robotic Hand Could Reach Things You Can't ...

The Shadow Robot Company's take on the robotic hand, introduced in 2007, draws its power and dexterity from compressed air. Forty "muscles" made of rubber tubing are attached to various points on the ...

Recent research at Kennesaw State University is working to create robots that better understand movement, touch, and ...