from dexterity to strength, designing a better robot hand means pushing the boundaries of robotics and human-inspired ...

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Featured Lending a Hand A new Northwestern Engineering-led research center—the latest milestone in the school’s long history of robotics leadership—is on a mission to create dexterous robot hands that ...

Northwestern University is lending a hand to the National Science Foundation to launch a new center dedicated to a revolution in robotics. The university's McCormick School of Engineering will ...

Explore how researchers are using quantum computing to enhance the movement of robots, making them more efficient and smooth.

Humanoid robots move by walking on two legs and using robotic arms to manipulate objects. Their motion relies on balance, ...

Video 'CyberGuy': 2025 Terminator lab-grown muscle brings biohybrid robot hand to life Kurt Knutsson talks about how lab-grown muscles power a biohybrid hand for scalable prosthetics and research.

The hand could lead to advanced prosthetic hands for amputees or robots with the dexterity and strength to perform household task.

A future generation of robots will not be programmed to complete specific tasks. Instead, they will use A.I. to teach themselves.

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Imagine for a moment that you're in an auto factory. A robot and a human are working next to each other on the production line. The robot is busy rapidly assembling car doors while the human runs ...