A new type of robotic hand developed at The University of Texas at Austin demonstrates such sensitive touch that it can grasp objects as fragile as a potato chip or a raspberry without crushing them.

If someone asked you to move like a robot and you responded with the fluid art of ballet, your audience would be baffled, yet ...

The most advanced new surgical procedure, AMI, addresses proprioception. This refers to the ability to sense position and movement. In an intact human arm or leg, muscles work in pairs. When a bicep ...

Robots are becoming increasingly capable in vision and movement, yet touch remains one of their major weaknesses. Now, researchers have developed a miniature tactile sensor that could give robots ...

The Mt. Pleasant Area School District has joined a growing number of school systems nationwide in terminating its contract with photography giant Lifetouch. Superintendent Timothy M. Gabauer notified ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — In light of tragedy, if there was one city that held a sacred place in the heart and soul of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, it was Memphis, Tennessee. Rev. Jackson was here with Martin ...

Researchers argue that the problem that has been lurking in the margins of many papers about touch sensors lies in the robotic skin itself. Researchers at Northwestern University and Israel's Tel Aviv ...

Researchers at China’s Tsinghua University’s Shenzhen International Graduate School have developed a next-generation tactile sensor called SuperTac. The project involved collaboration with multiple ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — The Montgomery County Department of Transportation will not move forward with plans to use a surveillance bot to monitor and deter crimes in area parking garages. Emily DeTitta, ...

Robots now see the world with an ease that once belonged only to science fiction. They can recognise objects, navigate cluttered spaces and sort thousands of parcels an hour. But ask a robot to touch ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KPIX/CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - A laundromat introduced a clothes-folding robotic device. In a laundromat, technology is transforming household chores with the introduction of ...