Human hands are a wonder of nature and unmatched in the animal kingdom. They can twist caps, flick switches, handle tiny objects with ease, and perform thousands of tasks every day. Robot hands ...

While having an extra digit was once revered by ancient canyon dwellers, extra fingers are usually removed today. A recent case study of two unique individuals published in Nature Communications, ...

Musk has said Tesla’s Optimus robot, expected to be released this year, will have manual dexterity comparable to a human. Nathan Lepora, professor of robotics and AI at the University of Bristol, said ...

A large multi-institutional collaboration, led by Northwestern University, has received $26 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to launch a new Engineering Research Center (ERC) ...

A century and a half ago, Frederick Engels, in an unpublished 1876 essay titled, The Part Played by Labor in the Transition From Ape to Man (International Publishers 1950), identified the evolution of ...

An extra finger can be incredibly handy. Two people born with six fingers per hand can tie their shoes, adroitly manage phones and play a complicated video game — all with a single hand, a study shows ...

An enterprising carpenter and a creative puppeteer teamed up on a do-it-yourself project to build a mechanical hand for a little boy. They created... 3-D Printer Brings Dexterity To Children With No ...

Manual dexterity is a vital motor skill associated with the normal development of the neural and motor systems and demonstrates their coordination. Children who show deficits in this skill require ...