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

Credit: 2025 LASA/CREATE/EPFL CC BY SA/Cover Images Swiss scientists have developed a robotic hand that can walk off on its ...

A new robotic hand resembles a beloved character from the Addams Family franchise. Like the sentient human hand called Thing, ...

Forget Thing T. Thing from The Addams Family; modern science has officially brought us a detachable robot hand that can actually skitter across the floor and grab you a beer and creep the heck out of ...

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

What has opposable thumbs and is the most dexterous tool on the planet? The human hand, obviously. Well … not anymore. At ...

Designing an anthropomorphic robotic hand seems to make a lot of sense — right up until the point that you realize just how complex the human hand is. What works well in bone and sinew often doesn’t ...

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Our hands are works of art. A rigid skeleton provides structure. Muscles adjust to different weights. Our skin, embedded with touch, pressure, and temperature sensors, provides immediate feedback on ...

Stranger Thing: Scientists build robot hand that can go walkabout like Addams Family character. Swiss scientists have ...