Here’s our soft robot hand in action: This article was originally published in the May 2015 issue of Popular Science, under the title “Wave Hello To A Soft Robot Hand.” ...

If you want an easy project to complete in a day or so, or something to introduce kids to the world of robots and electronics, make this light-following robot your weekend project.

A more brainlike artificial neural network is helping make robot hands smarter than ever. Check this one out in action.

To be clear, in advanced exercises the Baoding balls shouldn’t be touching but I’ll cut the robot arm some slack since it’s a beginner. The robotic hand is impressive because it does such a ...