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 ...

Hundreds of middle and high school students presented projects at the 70th Greater New Orleans Science and Engineering Fair last week at Tulane University. Gone are the days of baking-soda volcanoes, ...

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A new soft sensing system could help humanoid robots move their hands with far greater precision in delicate, human-like ...

If The Addams Family was a science fiction show, “Thing” might look something like this. Researchers have developed a robotic hand that can not only skitter about on its fingertips, it can also bend ...

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Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have come up with a better prosthetic hand that uses a hybrid design to carefully grip various objects with just the right amount of pressure. The robotic ...

Made with wood, springs and rubber bands, Rich Walker remembers fondly the first robotic hand built by Shadow Robot in the late 1990s. "A lot of it was done with just stuff that we had," says Walker, ...

Shijingshan district in Beijing, on Friday, opened the third phase of its humanoid robot training center, combining advanced simulation and tactile technologies to create China's largest robotics ...

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The human hand is amazingly complex. With 34 muscles, more than 30 tendons, and 27 bones, hands can grasp objects, express emotion, create works of art, and accomplish many of the tasks that drive ...