“What we’re really looking at in this paper is how do we make robot hands cheap enough, and reliable enough, that we can do more research with it and just make it more accessible,” Shaw ...

It is damn thorough, providing step-by-step instructions on how to make a variety of different designs, including a robotic hand: ...

Yes, robots already play the trumpet, sort chemicals in labs, weld cars. But these bots are just following a script. Shift the pieces along an assembly line and the robot won't be able to build a ...

Robot arms are getting smarter and smarter all the time, and now a team from Georgia Tech has taught them how to make their own tools. These resourceful robots are first taught to match form and ...

A more brainlike artificial neural network is helping make robot hands smarter than ever. Check this one out in action.

Delicate manipulation is the next frontier for robots, and this learning hand is pointing the way.

As difficult as it is for a human to learn ambidexterity, it’s quite easy to program into a humanoid robot. After all, a ...

Step 2: Maximize the robot’s hand-eye coordination The study authors scattered the Stefan chair’s five-piece frame within reach of the robot arms, along with a rack of wooden dowels.

For robots to be able to work alongside humans, we'll have to figure out how to make robots that can literally lend us a hand when our own two are not enough.

A robotic hand solving Rubik’s cube has all the makings of hype headlines, but underlying OpenAI’s latest achievement is some subtler, more interesting science.