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Robots learn to pick up oddly shaped objects

(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 h ...

Electronics / Robotics

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Whether grasping Easter eggs or glass bottles -- this robotic hand uses tact

Researchers at Saarland University together with associates in Bologna and Naples have developed a robotic hand that can accomplish both tasks with ease and yet including the actuators is scarcely larger than ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Guiding robot planes with hand gestures

Aircraft-carrier crew use a set of standard hand gestures to guide planes on the carrier deck. But as robot planes are increasingly used for routine air missions, researchers at MIT are working on a system that would enable ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers design steady-handed robot for brain surgery

Neurosurgeons may one day get help in operating rooms from a robot with movements 10 times steadier than the human hand to perform delicate brain surgeries, the EU said Monday.

Electronics / Robotics

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Tokyo tech fair opens with robotic clapping of hands

From robotic hand-clapping arms to a device that could show tsunami alerts in the sky, Japanese technology researchers showcased their latest inventions in Tokyo Thursday.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Hand Robot - a revolution of stroke therapy

Jointly developed by Dr Raymond Tong Kai-yu, Associate Professor of the Department of Health Technology and Informatics, and the Industrial Centre, this Exoskeleton Hand Robotic Training Device works to recover ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Aug 04, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Robotic hand nearly identical to a human one (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to finding the single best tool for building, digging, grasping, drawing, writing, and many other tasks, nothing beats the human hand. Human hands have evolved over millions ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Feb 18, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (30) | comments 8 | with audio podcast feature

Future surgeons may use robotic nurse, 'gesture recognition'

Surgeons of the future might use a system that recognizes hand gestures as commands to control a robotic scrub nurse or tell a computer to display medical images of the patient during an operation.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cockroach inspires robotic hand to get a grip

No one thinks twice about picking up a cup of coffee, but this task has vexed robots for three decades. A new type of mechanical hand developed by researchers at Harvard and Yale promises to solve this problem. ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Jan 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Many hands make light work: Robotic therapy to help stroke patients

(PhysOrg.com) -- Putting on a coat may not seem like a large achievement, but new technology that could help stroke patients do just that now makes the act an attainable goal.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 14, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

HIRO III lets you feel what you see on screen (w/ Video)

(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 ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jul 02, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 8 | with audio podcast report

Researchers reconstruct 3-D hand movement using brain signals

Researchers have successfully reconstructed 3-D hand motions from brain signals recorded in a non-invasive way, according to a study in the March 3 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. This finding uses a ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Quantum Tunnelling Composite Materials to Aid Next Generation Tactile Robotic Skin Development

Peratech Limited has been commissioned by the MIT Media Lab to develop a new type of electronic 'skin' that enables robotic devices to detect not only that they have been touched but also where and how hard ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 23, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Scientists: Man controlled robotic hand with thoughts

(AP) -- A group of European scientists said Wednesday they have successfully connected a robotic hand to an amputee, allowing him to feel sensations in the artificial limb and control it with his thoughts.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (16) | comments 2

Robo-chefs and fashion-bots on show in Tokyo

Forget the Transformers and Astroboy: Japan's latest robots don't save the world -- they cook snacks, play with your kids, model clothes, and search for disaster victims.

Electronics / Robotics

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0