This robot hand closely follows the structure of a human hand. (Credit: Z. Xu and E. Todorov / UW) You’ve got to hand it to the roboticists at the University of Washington: They’ve built a robotic ...

How do you make a robot hand? If you are [Robimek], you start with some plastic spiral tubing, some servo motors, and some fishing line. Oh, and you also need an old glove. The spiral tubing (or pipe, ...

We can’t decide if [MertArduino’s] robotic hand project is more art or demonstration project. The construction using springs, fishing line, and servo motors isn’t going to give you a practical hand ...