A new robotic hand developed by the German Aerospace Institute and the Harbin Institute of Technology uses servo-actuators which are completely integrated into the hand allowing the four fingers, each with three degrees of freedom, to grip with torque...
How animals change their leg stiffness when running from one surface to another is a key element to creating a robot that can walk or run. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are studying this with actuator experiments. Have a story suggestion?...