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A soft robotic arm, based on an octopus arm, might be able to get food, water or a cell phone down to someone trapped under ...

As described in a research paper in Science Robotics ... solving up to 40 tasks with eight robotic arms—far beyond the capabilities of previous systems. Lead author Matthew Lai, a Ph.D. researcher at ...

University of Science and Technology of China has made a fascinating development in robotics, with the octopus-inspired robotic arm led by Nikolaos Freris. It combines the dexterity of a human hand ...

Equipping people with extra sets of robotic arms could definitely help them perform certain tasks, but what role might such arms play in social interactions? The wild-looking Jizai Arms were designed ...

A single AI model trained to control numerous robotic bodies can operate unfamiliar hardware and adapt eerily well to serious ...

TL;DR: Neuralink, led by Elon Musk, is preparing a new feasibility trial to allow patients to control a robotic arm with their thoughts using the N1 implant. This trial aims to restore digital and ...

Harvard researchers created an algorithm that allows a wearable robot to adapt to and assist the arm movements of stroke and Lou Gehrig’s disease patients in real-time.

Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface (BCI) company is entering its next phase of experiments: seeing if patients can move a robotic arm using their minds. In a statement posted on X-formerly Twitter — ...

Some 30,000 people in the U.S. are affected by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, a neurodegenerative condition that damages cells in the brain and spinal cord ...