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

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

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, ...

Foundational Concepts in Programming Industrial Robots. Before you can get a robot to do anything useful, you need to ...

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

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

With up to six fingers that can bend in multiple directions, the innovative tool could one day be used to carry out tasks in tight spaces ...

McGill University engineers have developed ultra-thin materials that can move, fold, and reshape themselves, ...

Robots have long excelled at repetitive factory work welding, picking, placing, and packaging yet they’ve struggled with the ...

OpenAI has rapidly scaled its robotics lab over the past year and plans to open up a second lab, insiders say.

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Robots don’t have to be large and imposing to be impressive. As this tiny quadruped from [Dorian Todd] demonstrates, some simple electronics and a few servos can create something altogether ...