For all their technological brilliance, from navigating distant planets to performing complex surgery, robots still struggle ...

This Robot Hand Taught Itself How to Grab Stuff Like a Human The system, developed by OpenAI, ends up “inventing” characteristic grasps that we humans already commonly use to handle objects ...

A robotic hand can pick up 24 different objects with human-like movements that emerge spontaneously, thanks to compliant materials and structures rather than programming.

In the other direction, as the human moves, we turn that into commands for the robot to make it move in a similar way.” Welcome to the next frontier for robotics. The Holy Grail of robotics ...

When robots are able to hammer in nails, change batteries and make other similar movements — basic for humans but very complex for robots — we’ll be well on our way to human-like dexterity ...

In both the consumer and industrial worlds, scientists are working to make robots more human like. But while there are some common goals—and even similar applications—the vision can be quite ...

The new algorithm could help robots make safer, smarter decisions around humans, even amidst the greatest uncertainties.

Engineers and doctors at Johns Hopkins University and Stanford University have achieved significant advances in training robotic surgeons to have similar skill levels to human doctors.

But to effectively work with humans and keep them engaged, robots and other autonomous systems do need to have their own kind of mental model.