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A decade-long study indicates that implanted brain interfaces can evoke localized hand sensations without serious adverse effects. Credit: Shutterstock Researchers have found that precisely targeted ...

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Underwater environments are among the harshest operating conditions for electronic devices. Divers and underwater robots ...

Engineers at Queen Mary University of London have created a tactile sensor, described in a study published in Science ...

Engineers at Queen Mary University of London have built a new color-changing tactile sensor, which allows robots to "see" and touch in real-time. The novel idea was invented by Giacomo Sasso, a ...

Robots are incredibly precise, but being gentle is not always their strong suit. A machine that can build a car with near-perfect accuracy can still apply too much pressure when working in places ...

Researchers have developed a sensor about the size of a grain of rice that can measure forces and twisting motions in all directions using light instead of traditional electronics. The new sensor ...

Uber has a long-term ambition that goes well beyond shuttling passengers: The company eventually wants to outfit its human drivers’ cars with sensors to soak up real-world data for autonomous vehicle ...