In virtual reality, participants embodied an avatar whose left forearm was replaced by an autonomous prosthetic arm that flexed toward a target at different movement speeds. When AI powered prosthetic ...

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Forward-looking: When engineers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) set out to rethink the human hand, they removed one of its defining constraints: attachment. The result is ...

PULLMAN, Wash. — A cost-effective, robotic apple picker arm developed by researchers at Washington State University (WSU) could someday help with fruit picking and other farm chores, according to ...

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LAS VEGAS, Jan. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The article is reported by Shuzhi Society: At CES 2026, Dreame, a global leader in high-end consumer electronics and intelligent manufacturing, captured global ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Prakhar Khanna covers the consumer tech beat for Forbes. CES 2026 was filled with robots. From humanoids to quirky AI companions ...

PULLMAN, Wash. - Researchers at Washington State University (WSU) have recently developed a robotic arm that may one day transform the agriculture industry in the state. According to a press release ...

Last year at CES, Dreame showed off a robot vacuum prototype with a mechanical arm. But while we were able to see the arm extend and retract, we didn’t see the device, which was described as a ...

China's Wentian lab module's robotic arm to support the astronauts extravehicular activities, delivering goods, and maintaining and repairing the exterior of the space station. Credit: Space.com | ...

In the future, a caregiving machine might gently lift an elderly person out of bed in the morning and help them get dressed. A cleaning bot could trundle through a child’s room, picking up scattered ...

Provided something catastrophic does not take place here on Earth, humanity will expand in the solar system sooner than some of us might think. Sure, a lot of work still lies ahead, but the ...