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Stretchable, transparent electronics that can bend, roll, and even mimic human skin are moving ...

A hand crawling around, detached from an arm and seemingly with a life of its own. It might sound familiar to fans of The Addams Family or Wednesday, but this "Thing" isn't fantasy, it's a tech ...

A new robotic hand resembles a beloved character from the Addams Family franchise. Like the sentient human hand called Thing, the mechanical limb can scurry around and operate on its own—in ways a ...

Engineers have unveiled a robotic hand that is sensitive enough to handle items like crisps and raspberries without damaging them. The breakthrough marks a major milestone towards creating robots with ...

New 3D tactile sensing modules bring human-like touch to robotic hands, enabling precise force detection, adaptive grip, and ...

Prosthetic hands have long struggled to replicate the dexterity and functionality of natural hands, often limiting users to a single grasp function at a time. This limitation has made everyday tasks, ...

Researchers developed a robot hand that senses fruit ripeness through touch, allowing it to pick delicate crops without ...

In September 2005, MD+DI published a story about researchers at Michigan State University who had built a robot designed for remote breast exams. The robot combined ultrasound technology and video ...

A new robotic hand has been created to help, by carefully and efficiently transferring the li'l corals between tanks as they grow up. The device was designed by Australian government research agency ...