The system's hybrid design is a first for robotic hands, which have typically been too rigid or too soft to replicate a human's touch when handling objects of varying textures and materials. The ...

Robotics researchers at Cornell University made a hand that has something close to a human touch — it can not only touch delicate items but also sense the shape and texture of what it comes into ...

The human hand’s combination of rigid and soft anatomy allows it to effortlessly grip and identify objects of differing shape, texture and weight. But prosthetic hands typically lack the real ...

Engineers at Johns Hopkins University have developed an innovative prosthetic hand ... after human skin—allow it to grasp and differentiate objects with varying shapes and surface textures.

Engineers have developed a pioneering prosthetic hand that can grip plush ... rigid or too soft to replicate a human's touch when handling objects of varying textures and materials.