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

A new robotic hand resembles a beloved character from the Addams Family franchise. Like the sentient human hand called Thing, ...

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

The symmetrical design and flexible fingers mean that the robot can transport objects on either side of its body. For humans, that would look like holding a ball in your palm while simultaneously ...

The robot can bend, grasp and carry in ways humans can’t, which could help it navigate spaces too confined for human arms.

The human hand is often hailed as the “pinnacle of dexterity”, but there’s always room for improvement. In a new study, ...

Alex Perry is a tech reporter at Mashable who primarily covers video games and consumer tech. Alex has spent most of the last ...

The result is something akin to Thing from “The Addams Family” — with all the scamper and skill, but none of the skin or ...

Unlike traditional robotic grippers fixed to stationary arms, this dual-mode manipulator functions both as a conventional end effector and as an independent mobile tool. Once undocked, ...

A modular robotic hand that crawls, grasps from multiple angles, and operates independently—pointing to new possibilities for electronics-driven automation and compact robotic systems.