The robot arm grabs the cleaning sponge and cleans the surface. It doesn’t do a fantastic job, but it does work on the task.

Their high-fidelity computational model is a milestone both in biology, where it can help explain the octopus's impressive capability, and engineering. "The computational model is a useful testbed for ...

Through brain implants, neural interfaces and skin grafts, researchers are starting to restore sensation for paralysed or ...

Designing an energy-efficient robot is just as important as its movement capability. Many animals for instance have ...

Stellenbosch University’s Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering has developed a humanoid robot with a full-height frame, a functional torso, an operable right arm, and a nearly finished ...

Xu Min, a 49-year-old woman from Suzhou, Jiangsu, teamed up with engineers from the Suzhou Institute of Biomedical ...

Advancements in robotics and bioengineering have led to the development of modern prosthetics that go beyond covering disfigurements, help instead to restore or even enhance motor, sensory, and neural ...

Our hand is able to do many tasks, maybe not as smooth and quick as a person would, but at least we can assist an amputee in ...

To test complex brain functions during neurosurgical procedures, surgeons must operate on awake, locally anesthetized ...

Two lower limb prosthetic prototypes developed at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT - Italian Institute of Technology) ...

A New South Wales-based venture creating life-changing prosthetics and a material innovation studio in Melbourne are among the global winners of Xero’s Beautiful Business Fund awards ...

She said that after a year, the military have the right to apply for an improved prosthesis, which is much more expensive. For example, the cost of an arm prosthesis is 2.8 million hryvnias ...