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

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

Life Resembles ‘The Addams Family’ With Thing-Like Robotic Hand

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

This robot hand can detach from its arm and crawl around

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

This robotic hand can crawl away from its arm to grab things

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, ...
WCPO Cincinnati

NKU professors, students are building a robotic hand controlled by brain waves

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. — Inside a lab at Northern Kentucky University, students and professors from multiple disciplines are working on a project to make life easier — and faster, and less intrusive — ...
Forbes

This MIT Study Looks At How Soft Robotic Hands Can Pack Our Groceries

Researchers at MIT CSAIL have created a new soft robotic system, RoboGrocery that uses vision technology and soft tactile sensors to determine how to pack an item without damage. Researchers from ...
Crain's Chicago Business

Northwestern leads national effort to give robots a softer touch

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Northwestern University is lending a hand to the National ...
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A Helping Hand

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 ...