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Here’s an interesting grabber hand built for use on an ROV ... It seems like this simple design that could be used in many robotic projects and by simply changing the jaws could yield other ...

In a video the university released, the hand can be seen delicately rotating a tube full of coffee beans-- an activity that the robot can improve iteratively, the university said. “Hand ...

Grabit, a spinoff company of SRI International, has developed a robotic hand that is able to grab ... used by Grabit's robotic arm allows the grabber to lift more weight. The surfaces also allow ...

So last September, Smith and his team developed a technology they call pre-touch, which can sense the location of an object about an inch away from the robot grabber. Pre-touch electrodes ...

The hope is that these hands will eventually be used to help disarm bombs or complete other military activities that could risk lives. These robotic hands are able to do so much that some ...

While we aren’t going to reach the level of Star Trek’s Data anytime soon, there is now a robot hand with a sense of touch that is almost human. One thing robots have not been able to achieve ...