German Researchers Develop Super-Strong Robotic Hand

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

German researchers have built an anthropomorphic robotic hand that can endure collisions with hard objects. The robotic hand can even endure strikes from a hammer without breaking. The robotic hand, developed by researchers at the Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics, part of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), may be the toughest ...

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European Researchers Advance Thought-Controlled Prosthesis Technology

Friday, December 4th, 2009

European scientists have successfully connected a robotic hand to an amputee named Pierpaolo Petruzziello, allowing him to feel sensations in the artificial limb and control it with his thoughts. The result of ten years of research by scientists at the Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma in Italy and Lund University in  ...

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