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This detachable robotic hand can scurry around and grasp objects just like Thing from the Addams Family
A new robotic hand resembles a beloved character from the Addams Family franchise. Like the sentient human hand called Thing, ...
The robot can bend, grasp and carry in ways humans can’t, which could help it navigate spaces too confined for human arms.
The result is something akin to Thing from “The Addams Family” — with all the scamper and skill, but none of the skin or ...
Researchers have successfully created a robotic hand with bones, ligaments and tendons using 3D printing for the first time. A team from ETH Zurich in Switzerland were able to accomplish the complex ...
While BionIT Labs’ roots are in advanced prosthetics, the company has evolved Adam’s Hand from assistive medical devices to ...
By learning from human touch, robots can grip objects more safely and adapt to real-world conditions without massive training ...
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, ...
Robots have long excelled at repetitive factory work welding, picking, placing, and packaging yet they’ve struggled with the ...
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