Designed by researchers at Harvard, Yale, and iRobot, the iHY hand can manipulate nearly any object. Source: iRobot. "Google wants to build the delivery robot. I want to buildthe machine that opens ...

In October, a student presented a robotic hand made entirely from LEGOs at the 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems in Hangzhou, China. But Jared Lepora isn’t in ...

Robotic technology had come a long way in the past couple of decades, with more intelligent machines capable of superhuman feats that were once thought impossible. Robots are great at doing things ...

OpenAI, the artificial intelligence development company co-founded by Elon Musk, just released software that lets an AI-powered robot hand that solve a Rubik’s cube by itself. After years of ...

Mimicking the complex movement of a human hand is not an easy task for roboticists. As well as multiple bones and joints, there are tendons, ligaments, muscles, nerves and more to try and match.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The human hand is amazingly complex—so much so that most modern ...

Rather than use conventionally robust metal and plastic, MIT graduate student Bianca Homberg led a team of researchers in creating a next-generation robotic hand made out of silicone. Not only does ...

We’re not sure if robots will indeed take over and replace humans someday, but they are now capable of copying a lot of our activities, including our hobbies. Take this robotic hand for instance, ...

In a May 15 paper released in the journal Physical Review Letters, Virginia Tech physicists revealed a microscopic phenomenon that could greatly improve the performance of soft devices, such as agile ...

It’s not the best version of Jingle Bells you’ll hear this year but have some festive cheer – it’s being played by a rubber robot hand that can’t move by itself. What’s more, the hand could point the ...

There are a number of very impressive examples of how artificial intelligence can accomplish things that humans simply can’t, but nothing is cooler than seeing AI married to robotics. OpenAI, the ...