A robotic arm capable of mimicking hand gestures through data analysis of the mechanical activity of the muscles, using wearable piezoelectric sensors was developed.

Farmers might be able to get help tending and harvesting crops using a new sensing technology from Carnegie Mellon University ...

Facebook researchers propose Digit, a low-cost, high-resolution tactile sensor designed for in-hand robotic grasping tasks.

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Demonstration of the Third Thumb, a robotic appendage meant to expand the hand's range of motion. University of Cambridge/Plasticity Lab The Third Thumb is worn on the opposite side of the hand ...

A research team led by engineers with the University of California San Diego has shown off a robotic hand that can rotate an object in its palm using touch-based sensors rather than by sight.

In the past year, similar stories have included a quadriplegic man in Pennsylvania who made a robotic arm give a high-five and stroke his girlfriend's hand, and a partially paralyzed man who ...

A socially assistive robot (SAR) described the system's mechanics and provided positive feedback, while the robot arm moved a button to different target locations in front of the participant (100 ...

It is a durable, 3D printed prosthetic arm with bionic functionality. “At the core of it, TrueLimb is essentially a robotic hand,” says LaChappelle.