Imagine being able to build and use a robotic device without the need for expensive, specialist kit or skills. That is the vision that researchers from the University of Bristol have turned... Read more
A team of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, in collaboration with the University of Minnesota, has made a breakthrough in the field of noninvasive robotic device control. Using a... Read more
A new study by neuroscientists at the University of Chicago shows how amputees can learn to control a robotic arm through electrodes implanted in the brain. The research, published in Nature... Read more
Groundbreaking study demonstrates potential to help millions of people with disabilities Researchers at the University of Minnesota have made a major breakthrough that allows people to contr... Read more
A robotic arm that can bend, stretch and squeeze through cluttered environments has been created by a group of researchers from Italy. Inspired by the eight arms of an octopus, the device ha... Read more
A paralysed woman who controlled a robotic arm using just her thoughts has taken another step towards restoring her natural movements by controlling the arm with a range of complex hand move... Read more
Researchers at the UPM are involved in the design of a robotic arm for precise guidance of the insertion of needles, catheters and surgical instruments in procedures of minimally invasive su... Read more
Researchers from Leeds and Bradford are working with colleagues from the United States to develop an exciting new robotic device that helps children to practice and improve their manual (han... Read more
How is 3D printing changing the future of prosthetic and animatronic limbs? 17-year old inventor Easton LaChappelle from Colorado, built a prosthetic arm by generating most of the parts thro... Read more
A robotic sidekick could soon be helping field engineers fix faulty equipment in remote locations. Developed by IBM, the robotic helper has a projector that can overlay information on equipm... Read more
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? Researche... Read more
It also enabled him to move a robot arm to touch a friend’s hand for the first time in the seven years Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC describe in PLo... Read more
“This is a spectacular leap toward greater function and independence for people who are unable to move their own arms” Reaching out to “high five” someone, grasping and moving objects of dif... Read more
DARPA-funded effort demonstrates preciseautonomous payload placement with UAV. When a person reaches out to place an object in just the right place, their mind makes a series of judgments re... Read more