Robotic hacker [Andrea Trufini] apparently likes choices. Not only does his robotic arm have six degrees of freedom, but it has a variety of ways he can control it. The arm’s software can accept ...

He and his colleagues also tested the durability of the robotic hand by programming a finger to push down onto a sensor constantly for 30 minutes. They found that the force applied by the finger ...

Users will be able to operate a robot by using only a mobile phone, thanks to a new Java application developed by Motorola.

A robotic hand can pick up 24 different objects with human-like movements that emerge spontaneously, thanks to compliant materials and structures rather than programming.

A robotic hand developed at EPFL can pick up 24 different objects with human-like movements that emerge spontaneously, thanks to compliant materials and structures rather than programming.

It turns out robot hands don't need to articulate their fingers to grasp objects.