Stranger Thing: Scientists build robot hand that can go walkabout like Addams Family character

Swiss scientists have developed a robotic hand that can walk off on its own - rather like Thing from The Addams Family. The ...

This robot hand can detach from its arm and crawl around

The symmetrical design and flexible fingers mean that the robot can transport objects on either side of its body. For humans, that would look like holding a ball in your palm while simultaneously ...
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Revolutionary reversible robo-hand can crawl away from its arm

What has opposable thumbs and is the most dexterous tool on the planet? The human hand, obviously. Well … not anymore. At ...
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Creepy robotic hand detaches at the wrist before scurrying away to collect objects

EPFL's robotic appendage features fingers that bend both ways and is designed to retrieve objects from spaces too hazardous for human hands.

Not ready for robots in homes? The maker of a friendly new humanoid thinks it might change your mind

As the new robot called Sprout walks around a Manhattan office, nodding its rectangular head, lifting its windshield wiper-like “eyebrows” ...

Forget soulless humanoid robots like Tesla’s Optimus. This one’s more Wall-E

Fauna Robotics’ humanoid robot Sprout is an attempt to start a focus on ‘approachable’ robots inspired by Wall-E and BB-8, ...