Combine a mechanical arm with a miniature rocket motor: The result is a prosthetic device that is the closest thing yet to a bionic arm. The prototype can lift (curl) about 20 to 25 pounds -- three to ...

The Army wants to give soldiers an extra hand during their next firefight — literally. Army Research Lab engineers are officially testing a mechanical third arm designed to help soldiers wield ...

Army Research Lab engineers released a video recently showing a soldier running, diving and handling weapons attached to a prototype mechanical arm designed to help reduce the felt weight of carbines ...

Scientists at Vanderbilt University are developing a prosthetic arm with 10 times the power of currently available devices. Powered by a rocket motor, the prototype arm weighs about the same as a ...

While 2024 was the year of self-cleaning robot vacuums, 2025 promises to be the year of robotic limbs. At CES 2025, Roborock had spectators doing double and triple takes when it unveiled a new ...

A group of researchers at Vanderbilt have built a mechanical arm that outperforms traditional battery-powered prosthetics the old-fashioned way: by strapping on a couple rocket motors. The arm, which ...

About 3,500 Delaware residences now are receiving weekly visits from an automated refuse-collection truck. The truck uses a mechanical arm to pick up trash carts left along curbs. In a video posted on ...

Academics have developed a low power memory technology with application for smartphones, cameras and other consumer gadgets. The 'mechanical arm' storage technology, developed by scientists at ...

The developers at TiGames are a group of console game fans, after working in gaming industry for a few years, they want to make something from their hearts–a console game they themselves and other ...