We’ve used slime, liquid metal, and even bugs to create robots—why not try wood, too? Researchers at the National University of Singapore and China’s Northeast Forest University have teamed up to ...

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Have you ever wondered why robots are unable to walk and move their bodies as fluidly as we do? Some robots can run, jump, or dance with greater efficiency than humans, but their body movements also ...

We don’t think twice about using our hands throughout the day for tasks that still thwart sophisticated robots—pouring coffee without spilling when half-awake, folding laundry without ripping delicate ...

Researchers have created a 3D printed robotic hand that can play simple musical phrases on a piano by moving its wrist. The hand was developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge and uses 3D ...

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A 3D printer that can produce complex systems of bendy and rigid materials, such as a robotic hand or an artificial heart, could be used to make more lifelike robots. Robert Katzschmann at the Swiss ...

High school can be challenging and intimidating for some teenagers. But luckily, a 15-year-old differently-abled boy from Tennessee found the right group of people. Sergio Peralta was born with an ...