Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Journalist, analyst, author, podcaster. We’ve digitized sight, and we’ve digitized sound. But touch, one of the most important ...

In a lab experiment that sounds closer to science fiction than engineering, researchers have unveiled what they describe as the world’s smallest fully programmable robot. Measuring just fractions of a ...

Sharpa's newly unveiled full-body humanoid robot North built a paper windmill, dealt cards, and clicked pictures with human-like dexterity.

The robot is hard to see without a microscope. It’s small enough to rest on the ridge of a fingerprint and can operate in ...

You always get what you pay for. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Humanoid robots are doing all sorts of things recently, like ...

Programmable matter and robotic systems represent a dynamic frontier in materials science and robotics, where discrete, often modular units are designed to change their physical properties and ...

Fast and complex multi-finger movements generated by the hand exoskeleton. Credit: Shinichi Furuya When it comes to fine-tuned motor skills like playing the piano, practice, they say, makes perfect.

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Hand gestures have become a natural way to communicate with digital systems, but making machines understand those gestures with precision remains a technical challenge. While ...