The robot can bend, grasp and carry in ways humans can’t, which could help it navigate spaces too confined for human arms.

With up to six fingers that can bend in multiple directions, the innovative tool could one day be used to carry out tasks in tight spaces ...

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

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

This New Skittering Robotic Hand Could Reach Things You Can't ...

The result is something akin to Thing from “The Addams Family” — with all the scamper and skill, but none of the skin or ...

Forget Thing T. Thing from The Addams Family; modern science has officially brought us a detachable robot hand that can ...

Like something out of the Addams Family, scientists have created a detachable robotic hand that can crawl and grab objects.

Unlike traditional robotic grippers fixed to stationary arms, this dual-mode manipulator functions both as a conventional end effector and as an independent mobile tool. Once undocked, ...

The robot hand is reported to benefit from precise torque control, with each of the fingers able to muster up to 10 N of fingertip pinch force. The four joints of each finger are driven by motors ...