A robotic hand developed by researchers from Japan isn't out to make a better prosthetic or perform some sort of hard labor. This robot hand is designed to play rock, paper, scissors and it always ...

The newest version of a robot from Japanese researchers can not only challenge the best human players in a game of Rock Paper Scissors, but it can beat them -- 100% of the time. In reality, the robot ...

If rock beats scissors, scissors beat paper, and paper beats rock, then what beats robot? NOTHING. No, really — a team of Japanese researchers has just unveiled a robot hand that cannot be beaten at ...

Scientists have discovered how to build robots out of rice paper, opening up brand new possibilities for robotic applications. A team from the University of Bristol discovered that the same ingredient ...

Engineers have created the first robot with a 3-D-printed body that transitions from a rigid core to a soft exterior. The idea of blending soft and hard materials into the robot's body came from ...

One, two, three! Anyone who’s ever played a game of Rock-Paper-Scissors knows that sometimes you win, sometimes you lose and sometimes you tie. That’s true if you’re playing against a human, but ...

A new rubber computer combines the feel of a human hand with the thought process of an electronic computer, replacing the last hard components in soft robots. Now, soft robotics can travel where ...