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This detached hand robot has a thing for skittering on its fingertips

The robot can grasp and carry objects in ways human hands can’t

This handlike robot scuttles around on its fingertips and grasps objects in ways human hands can’t manage.

X. Gao et al/Nature Communications 2026

By Skyler Ware

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