http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (Phys.org) —What use is a hand without nerves, that can't tell what it's holding? A hand that lifts a can of soda to your lips, but inadvertently tips or crushes it in the process? http://phys.org/news285504996.html Technology Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:56:50 EST news285504996 (Phys.org) -- What do you call a robot hand that wins at rock, paper, scissors every time? Some would say a cheater, but others more in the know would call it the Janken robot, built by Japanese researchers from the University of Tokyo. They’ve built a robot hand that when combined with a camera and tracking software is able to beat people at their own game every time it plays. But only because it cheats. http://phys.org/news260089323.html Electronics Thu, 28 Jun 2012 08:02:18 EST news260089323 (Phys.org) -- When Cornell engineers developed a new type of robot hand that could pick up oddly shaped objects it presented a challenge: It was easy for a human operator to choose the best place to take hold of an object, but an autonomous robot, like the ones we may someday have helping around the home or office, would need a new kind of programming. So they have developed a procedure -- an algorithm -- that allows a robot to learn grasping skills from experience and apply them in new situations. http://phys.org/news255753770.html Electronics Wed, 09 May 2012 03:43:22 EST news255753770 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in Japan are developing a new touch screen system, the HIRO III, that incorporates a robot hand that could offer a new way of simulating the touching of virtual objects and receiving feedback from them. http://phys.org/news197256614.html Technology Fri, 02 Jul 2010 06:50:01 EST news197256614