The human hand is one of the most staggeringly sophisticated and physiologically intricate parts of the body. It has more ...

A research team from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) has unveiled a groundbreaking biomimetic prosthetic hand with high dexterity, which is capable of combing hair, operating ...

Researchers are paving the way for the design of bionic limbs that feel natural to users. They demonstrate the connection between hand movement patterns and motoneuron control patterns. The study, ...

This story appears in the May 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. The hand is where the mind meets the world. We humans use our hands to build fires and sew quilts, to steer airplanes, to ...

Recent technological advances have opened new possibilities for the development of assistive and medical tools, including ...

And it’s this richness, Valle said, that “is crucial for achieving the level of dexterity, manipulation, and a highly dimensional tactile experience typical of the human hand.” These are ...

Learn about the development of Shadow Robot's DEX-EE hand, including its unique tendon-driven system using more than one motor per joint.

A stray dog wandered the hospital premises with a severed human hand in their mouth. Despite receiving alerts about the situation, the hospital staff reportedly made no efforts to deter the stray ...

Covvi, a prosthetics development company, has developed a multi-articulated robotic hand that is capable of performing ...

Are baby elephants, which weigh hundreds of pounds at birth, tiny enough to fit squarely within the bounds of a human palm ... into the palm of a human hand. It's smaller than Demi Moore's ...

a process that minimizes human hand tremor. Now, a team of Johns Hopkins University and Stanford University researchers has reported a significant advance, training robots with videos to perform ...