Robots are becoming increasingly capable in vision and movement, yet touch remains one of their major weaknesses. Now, ...

A wave of recent research has brought robotic touch sensitivity closer to human fingertips than ever before, driven by ...

Robots that work alongside humans need two different sensing abilities. They must detect people ...

Robots have become remarkably good at seeing and moving, but their sense of touch still lags far behind that of humans. A new ...

A new approach to simulating biologically inspired robotics can cut the design and training of tactile robots from eighteen months to two weeks, new research suggests.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Journalist, analyst, author, podcaster. We’ve digitized sight, and we’ve digitized sound. But touch, one of the most important ...

Robots are becoming smarter and more common, but their ability to handle objects with human-like precision remains limited. At Kennesaw State University, new research is enabling robots to better ...

The challenges, such as opening a door with a round doorknob, started out easy, at least for a human, and progressed to “gold ...