A soft armband that lets you steer a robot while you sprint on a treadmill or bob on rough seas sounds like science fiction. Engineers at the University of California San Diego have now built ...

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a next-generation wearable device that enables people to ...

A soft patch on the arm could soon let you steer robots with simple hand movements, even while your whole body is in motion. That is the promise of a new wearable system from engineers at the ...

Traditionally, robot arms have been controlled either by joysticks, buttons, or very carefully programmed routines. However, for [Narongporn Laosrisin’s] homebrew build, they decided to go with ...

Human–robot interaction (HRI) and gesture-based control systems represent a rapidly evolving research field that seeks to bridge the gap between human intuition and robotic precision. This area ...

Founded in 2014, Fin Robotics is a technology startup that specialises in wearable gesture-control devices. Initially focused on developing a smart ring for ...

Almost half of our attention during face-to-face conversation focuses on lip motion. Yet, robots still struggle to move their ...

Researchers at IIT Bombay and Southern Methodist University are using classical dance form Bharatanatyam to robots more like ...

A company founded by a former founding member of Xiaomi has introduced the world to the very first Android desktop robot. The founding member of Xiaomi is Li Ming and under his company JoyfulRobotics ...

Robots intended for combat support or hazardous-duty missions typically rely on pre-programmed actions or remote-control ...