If you were using a robotic hand to manipulate delicate objects, you'd probably prefer that hand to be soft and gentle instead of hard and bony – plus it would help if the thing could teach itself how ...

Robotic technology had come a long way in the past couple of decades, with more intelligent machines capable of superhuman feats that were once thought impossible. Robots are great at doing things ...

The BionicSoftHand should rotate a 12-sided cube so that a previously defined side points upward at the end. The human hand boasts a unique combination of power, dexterity, and fine motor skills. We ...

Festo is a company that makes some strange robots that it has been kicking out for years. Several years back it unveiled a robotic BionicKangaroo that uses a pneumatic system to operate. The company ...

You could be excused for thinking that German robotics company Festo does nothing but put together fabulous prototype robots built to resemble kangaroos, jellyfish, and other living things. They do in ...