In fact, the researchers note that if the curriculum takes place in a particular sequence, a simulated robotic hand can learn to manipulate with incomplete or even absent tactile sensation.

Engineers at Johns Hopkins University recently announced a breakthrough development in prosthetics – a bionic hand that ...

The robot uses force sensors and adaptive paddles to gently push items aside and slide new ones into tight spaces without ...

Amazon's investment in robotics continues with Vulcan, a touch-enabled robot aimed at improving warehouse operations, though ...

In fact, the researchers note that if the curriculum takes place in a particular sequence, a simulated robotic hand can learn to manipulate with incomplete or even absent tactile sensation.

Vulcan, a robot with tactile senses, is a step toward automating more of picking and stowing work done by humans inside ...

A team of researchers from ETH Zurich in Switzerland have recently created a multi-camera optical tactile sensor that is able ... applications include soft robotics, improving touch-based sensing ...

As well as force, the robotic hand they created can sense shape and texture, and determine roughness and hardness, allowing recognition of different materials. Tactile sensors and haptic actuators ...

A robotic arm capable of mimicking hand gestures through data analysis of the mechanical activity of the muscles, using wearable piezoelectric sensors was developed. Piezoelectric discs were placed in ...

Fortunately here, too, a workaround exists in the form of tactile ... robot. (Credit: Tatum Robotics) This also answers the question of why one would not just use a simple braille cell on a hand ...