The best example was when it nimbly picked up a thin, fragile plastic cup filled with water, using only three fingers without denting it. "We're combining the strengths of both rigid and soft robotics ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have come up with a better prosthetic hand ... components to mimic the natural structure of the human hand, as well as a range of sensors and a system ...

This story appears in the May 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. The hand is where the mind meets the world. We humans use our hands to build fires and sew quilts, to steer airplanes, to ...

BEIJING -- Imagine a robotic hand that coordinates its palm and fingers with human-like precision -- not ... support and sensory feedback, was -- up until this point -- underexplored due to ...

Engineers have developed a pioneering prosthetic hand that can grip plush toys, water bottles, and other everyday objects like a human ... was when it nimbly picked up a thin, fragile plastic ...