Scene from Complex Movements’ Beware of the Dandelions. Courtesy photo. Inside an old car mechanic shop in northeast Detroit sits a 400-square-foot polyhedron dome. It’s the skeleton of “the pod,” the ...

Teaching robots to manipulate objects with human-like dexterity remains one of the biggest challenges ...

Just four different movements make up the 12 distinct arm motions that wild octopuses utilize to achieve complex tasks, like probing rocks for food. Research from the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL ...

Explore how a 3D printed bionic hand prototype uses cables, springs, hinge joints, sensors, and wrist mechanisms to mimic human movement, showing the challenges of robotics, prosthetic design, and ...

In a novel set of experiments with mice trained to do a sequence of movements and "change course" at the spur of the moment, Johns Hopkins scientists report they have identified areas of the animals' ...

Ultraviolet-laser processing is a promising technique for developing intricate microstructures, enabling complex alignment of muscle cells, required for building life-like biohybrid actuators.

A new system from Yun Ho, Romain Nith, and Pedro Lopes combines AI and electrical muscle stimulation to physically guide users through unfamiliar tasks—marking a leap toward general-purpose, ...

Inflatable actuators that change shape based on injected pressure can be strong, but their big limitation is that they always deform in the same way. The Kresling pattern, which inspired the actuator ...

Complex Movements, a Detroit-based collective of artists and activists who’ll be at On the Boards for the next couple of weeks, certainly lives up to its name. “She said we need to move away from ...

Neurons deep in the brain not only help to initiate movement -- they also actively suppress it, and with astonishing precision. The findings are especially relevant for better understanding ...