Using functional magnetic resonance imaging to scan a person’s brain when they thought about making a “rock”, “paper”, and “scissors” shape with their hands, then mapping the scans to robot hand ...

In October, a student presented a robotic hand made entirely from LEGOs at the 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems in Hangzhou, China. But Jared Lepora isn’t in ...

Using only their thoughts, users can move fingers on a real-time brain-controlled robotic hand created by a group of innovators from Bangladesh. Headed by Isha Das (18 th October 2006, Founder of ...

A research paper by scientists at the University of Coimbra proposed a soft robotic hand that composed of soft actuator cores and an exoskeleton, featuring a multimaterial design aided by finite ...

Prosthetic hands have long struggled to replicate the dexterity and functionality of natural hands, often limiting users to a single grasp function at a time. This limitation has made everyday tasks, ...

Recent advancements in technology have revolutionized the world of assistive and medical tools, and prosthetic limbs are no exception. We've come a long way from the rigid, purely cosmetic prosthetics ...

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