If you meet the new robot at the University of Bristol, it can gently shake your hand. That's because researchers have designed a new, artificial fingertip that possesses a sense of touch nearly ...

Researchers from the University of Cambridge and University College London have developed a new type of responsive “ synthetic skin .” The skin is made from a single hydrogel that is capable of ...

Imagine robotic fingers that can feel vibrations, textures, and temperatures. For those with prosthetic hands, it’s no longer a dream, it’s reality. Find out how one company is disrupting the ...

KAIST and Chungnam researchers build artificial sensory nerves for energy-efficient robots that mimic human habituation and ...

While roboticists have introduced increasingly advanced systems over the past decades, most existing robots are not yet able ...

New robot has a human touch Date: December 12, 2016 Source: Cornell University Summary: Most robots achieve grasping and tactile sensing through motorized means, which can be excessively bulky and ...

SynTouch, a California company working to give robots a human-like sense of touch, was recently awarded $2.5M in grants from the National Science Foundation and the Office of Congressionally ...

The Gentle Bot uses a kind of human hand-shaped balloon that has waveguides built in. Seeker explains the sensory process: Stretchy optical waveguides containing LEDs are built right into the ...

Robots sense human touch using camera and shadows Date: February 8, 2021 Source: Cornell University Summary: Researchers have created a low-cost method for soft, deformable robots to detect a ...

How device could literally lend a hand in space operations. — -- A robotic technology being tested by the European Space Agency could allow people on Earth to literally have a hand in space ...