Researchers at Columbia Engineering have developed a fully integrated, sensorized robot finger. Until now, touch sensors have been difficult to integrate into robot fingers. Among the challenges were ...

Why and how a complicated robotic-finger design was improved by a research team. How this finger is used to dig into bulk materials to locate and “see” small objects. How the reflected image of the ...

When robots work in unstructured environments, the physical impact of bumps and collisions can be inevitable. The impact can damage the robots’ hardware systems. This is often the case for rigid multi ...

Lately, we've seen some exciting advances in the development of robots that can interact with objects in interesting ways, ranging from grippers that work like elephant trunks to coil around odd items ...

Although robotics has reshaped and even redefined many industrial sectors, there still exists a gap between machines and humans in fields such as health and elderly care. For robots to safely ...

Researchers have developed an ultrasensitive, human-like robotic ‘finger’ capable of safely performing routine physical examinations like a medical doctor would. They say the ‘robodoctor’ could be ...

A new robotic finger can sense what it’s holding using just a tiny built-in camera, replacing traditional force sensors with smart vision. This approach could make future robots safer, cheaper, and ...

Skin has traditionally been reserved for animals – until now. For the first time, scientists learned to grow humanlike skin on a robotic finger using cells, a new study revealed. Unlike artificial ...

Skin has traditionally been reserved for animals -- until now. For the first time, scientists learned to grow humanlike skin on a robotic finger using cells, a new study revealed. Other WRAL Top ...