A bionic hand controlled by AI under the direction of the amputee provides the best approximation of normal hand dexterity, researchers say.

Huge amounts of money and time are being spent researching robotics for myriad of potential uses in the future. Robots promise the ability to be able to work in environments that are too hazardous for ...

Step inside the Soft Robotics Lab at ETH Zurich, and you find yourself in a space that is part children's nursery, part ...

One of the interesting benefits of the 3D printing revolution is the dramatic increase in availability of prosthetics for people with virtually any need. With a little bit of research, a 3D printer, ...

People with more dexterity in their hands may live longer and even be able to avoid nursing homes as they age, a study suggests. Researchers in Japan recruited more than 1,000 adults over the age of ...

DEXTERITY has become a hot topic in hand protection. Safety professionals realize that high-dexterity gloves result in increased safety and job performance. Corporate managers know that increased ...

This report provides a thoughtful review of the factors that lead to excellence in musicians and to the overlap of these factors with excellence in surgery. To be an outstanding musician, the ...

Our hands perform thousands of complex tasks every day – can artificial intelligence help robots match these extraordinary human appendages? The human hand is one of the most staggeringly ...

People have long speculated whether the evolution of bipedalism in early hominins triggered tool use (by freeing their hands) or whether the necessity of making and using tools encouraged the shift to ...

DEXTERITY has become a hot topic in hand protection. Safety professionals realize that high-dexterity gloves result in increased safety and job performance. Corporate managers know that increased ...