A breakthrough slip-prevention method has been shown to improve how robots grip and handle fragile, slippery or asymmetric objects, according to a University of Surrey-led study published in Nature ...

A study from EPFL reveals why humans excel at recognizing objects from fragments while AI struggles, highlighting the ...

MIT researchers built a soft drone that can not only fly but also pick up and move objects, similar to a flying hand. This high-tech drone is equipped with a soft, grasping mechanism. In the video ...

Potential applications are aplenty. Scaled up, the technique could be used to guide large objects like boats as they navigate a tight harbor. Another innovative use case involves using waves to ...