Classic FM

Engineers invent piano-playing robotic hand that can learn music by ‘ear’

No excuse to not learn your scales now. US scientists have developed a robotic hand capable of learning and performing a ...

A wristband into a real-time hand reader, and the ultrasound system can make a robot play the piano, shoot mini basketballs, and mimic your fingers with surprising …

Discover how a new ultrasound wristband developed by MIT researchers is enabling real-time hand movement tracking for ...
MIT Technology Review

Ultrasound imaging turns a robot hand into a skillful mimic

By moving their own hand and fingers, users wearing a remote-control wristband can manipulate objects in a virtual ...

MIT researchers channel AI to turn hand gestures into robot training data

The wristband uses high-frequency sound waves to “see” through its wearer’s skin. It relays images of the muscle and tendon ...

A robotic hand ‘talks’ to deaf and blind people. Here’s how it works.

Ducharme uses a product called Tatum1, a disembodied mechanical hand plugged upright into a box studded with push buttons.

Bionic hands are now teaching robots to feel

ABB Robotics and PSYONIC explore using real human prosthetic touch data to train industrial robots for delicate gripping ...
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A Helping Hand

Zhengyang (Kris) Weng (MSR '25) brought a passion for the piano to MSR, where his independent project replicating a human hand could ultimately impact robots in hospital operating rooms. The gentle ...