A virtual forearm can bend in a blink. It can also take its time, easing toward a target as if it is thinking about the move. In a new virtual reality study, both extremes felt wrong. When a ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers in Mexico have developed a robotic arm they say reduces the complexity that often leads patients to abandon prosthetic ...

A new brain-computer interface (BCI) powered by artificial intelligence (AI) allowed a paralyzed man, who could not speak or move, to control a robotic arm to grasp and move objects simply by ...

A new artificial muscle can change shape, repair damage, and be reused, bringing a major shift in how robots are built and ...

A paddle-wielding robot is so adept at playing table tennis that it is posing a tough challenge to elite human players and sometimes defeating them, according to a new study that shows how advances in ...

At this year's CES, Roborock bet big on artificial intelligence. Their vacuums are for those tired of rolling the dice on robovacs that can't slide their way out from under a couch, and also those ...