A team of engineers from Rice University have developed a flexible octopus-like robot arm that is controlled by laser beams.

Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, have enabled a paralysed man to regularly control a robotic arm using signals from his brain, transmitted via a computer.

According to a recent study published in Advanced Intelligent Systems, the brain can adapt to an artificial third arm and use ...

The hand, developed at Switzerland’s EPFL, can detach from an arm, crawl around on its own, grab small objects, and bring them back before reattaching itself.

The arm uses origami for its construction. Lightweight plastic is folded in construction. The arm is designed to assist people with disabilities. WORCESTER — When someone envisions a robotic arm ...