[Tobias Kuhn] had watched a YouTube video about a robot arm which used servo motors, and wanted to try making one himself. But he found it hard to get slow or smooth movements out of the servos. Even ...

We were doing our daily harvest of YouTube for fresh hacks when we stumbled on a video that eventually led us to this conversion of a 1980s Armatron robot to steam power. The video in question was of ...

People with severe paralysis are now using implanted brain chips to move robotic arms using nothing but their thoughts, ...

The right motor and a modular unit can deliver high torque performance, accuracy and repeatability, plus easy implementation into articulating arms. If you’re planning to build a collaborative robot ...

Connections to a robotic arm have been wired into a tetraplegic person's brain and enabled him to use his thoughts to execute tasks requiring smooth motor control Mind-controlled prosthetic limbs have ...

A new two-layer language-model algorithm is helping robots break down tasks, refine actions on the fly, and execute movements ...

After Nathan Copeland survived a car crash that paralyzed him from the neck down, he volunteered for an ambitious program aimed at giving people mastery of brain-controlled robotics. sometimes it's ...

Study participant Tim Hemmes reaches out to his girlfriend, Katie Schaffer, using a brain-controlled prosthetic arm. [Photo: UPMC] Reaching for out cup of coffee or moving a computer mouse is easy for ...

Thumping out as many drum beats in 60 seconds may get you a podium spot at the annual World's Fastest Drummer competition, but we'll take the full kit virtuoso playing of Cozy Powell, Philthy Animal ...

Neuralink patients can now control robotic arms with their thoughts - Elon Musk claims brain chip could one day allow people ...