Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface (BCI) company is entering its next phase of experiments: seeing if patients can move a robotic arm using their minds. In a statement posted on X-formerly Twitter — ...

If you want to control a robot with your mind — and really, who doesn’t? — you currently have two options. You can get a brain implant, in which case your control over the robot will be smooth and ...

The Roborock Saros Z70 robot vacuum cleans like a dream, but its mechanical arm, which promises to pick up small items like socks, still needs work.

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 ...

Researchers have developed a robotic arm that can be controlled using gaze and the movement of the diaphragm during breathing. The arm, which is designed to be used as an extra limb rather than a ...

People can learn to control a robotic third arm using their eyes and chest muscles. Such extra limbs could become essential tools for surgeons or people working in industrial jobs, say researchers.

Nathan Copeland was 18 years old when he was paralyzed by a car accident in 2004. He lost his ability to move and feel most of his body, although he does retain a bit of sensation in his wrists and a ...

With all the doom and gloom over the inevitable robot apocalypse, we’ve at least been able to take solace in the fact that we’ll see them coming—until today. Researchers from Northwestern University ...

If you would like to learn a little more about electronics, Arduino and robotic arms you might be interested in new project created by James Bruton this month which shows how to build your very own ...

Two people with paralysis in their hands were able to temporarily regain their sense of touch and feel the shape of objects, thanks to electrical brain stimulation. The approach could one day help ...

[Maurizio] built a robot arm, which is always a great accomplishment. But his project includes a very cool touch interface for an Android device that sets it apart from many other similar projects.You ...

President Barack Obama fist bumps a robotic arm being controlled by electrodes implanted in Nathan Copeland's brain at the University of Pittsburgh on October 13, 2016. JIM WATSON / AFP via Getty ...