Make a model hand to learn about muscles and tendons We're finding out all about the fantastic human body at the House of Science this term, and today we're ...

Building a mechanical hand that is as versatile as the human hand remains a huge challenge. In this project you will build a simple artificial gripper using drinking straws and string.

Credit: X. Ren/Y. Morimoto/S. Takeuchi/Science Robotics/Cover Images Scientists in Japan have developed a robotic hand eerily reminiscent of The Terminator, using lab-grown human muscle tissue to ...

The lightweight plastic hand itself was designed and 3D-printed by a research team from Saarland University. The muscle-like fibers are made from strands of nickel-titanium wire, each about the ...

WATCH the haunting moment the world’s first humanoid robot Protoclone – complete with muscles and bones – twitches and spasms into life. The robot is a “clone” designe… ...