A flexible electronic skin inspired by shark electroreception lets robotic hands identify object shapes and materials through both non-contact electrostatic scanning and touch-based sensing. (Nanowerk ...

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Here’s a party trick: Try opening a bottle of water using your thumb and pointer finger while holding it without spilling. It sounds simple, but the feat requires strength, dexterity, and coordination ...

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What has opposable thumbs and is the most dexterous tool on the planet? The human hand, obviously. Well … not anymore. At least according to engineers at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne’s ...

Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) have designed a robotic hand that looks like something out of the TV series "Merlina." Graham blocks Trump-backed spending ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stranger Thing: Scientists build robot hand that can go walkabout like Addams Family character. Swiss scientists have developed a ...

Abstract: To steer a soft robot precisely in an unconstructed environment with minimal collision remains an open challenge for soft robots. When the environments are unknown, prior motion planning for ...

A+E Studios named Chris Sanagustin as head of current programming for the independent studios, reuniting the entertainment exec with Tana Jamieson. Sanagustin joins A+E from Pine Tree Entertainment, ...

Abstract: Hand motion capture devices are widely used in sign language translation, virtual reality (VR) motion reconstruction, and human–computer interaction. However, current devices often suffer ...