Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have reported that humans can detect buried objects through sand without directly touching them, a sensory ability previously documented only in ...

Today Christina takes a look at the new Basilisk for 2020 - Version 2. It ships with a staggering 20,000 dpi sensor and a ...

Can our homes help detect brain changes? New research shows how digital sensing reveals subtle shifts in movement and cognition in everyday life, and can track disease progression.

The Fragile Object Grasping with Tactile Sensing (FORTE) robot can grasp a crisp or raspberry without crushing it (UT) Engineers at the University of Texas at Austin have unveiled a robotic hand, ...

MonsGeek unveils TMR MagMech keyboards, combining mechanical and magnetic switches in a hybrid design for precision, ...

Growing neurons rely on chemical cues to find their targets, but new research shows that the brain’s physical properties help ...

The most advanced new surgical procedure, AMI, addresses proprioception. This refers to the ability to sense position and movement. In an intact human arm or leg, muscles work in pairs. When a bicep ...

A flexible foam sensor built from silver selenide detects temperature and pressure simultaneously, enabling a robotic gripper to identify nine different materials with 96% accuracy. (Nanowerk ...

Abstract: Tactile perception is one of the core abilities through which organisms interact with their environment. Mechanical stimuli are converted into neural electrical signals by mechanoreceptors ...

Abstract: This paper presents the design, simulation, and experimental validation of a simple interface electronics (IE) for a tactile sensor based on the piezoelectric polymer polyvinylidene fluoride ...