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The discovery of Lucy, or “Dinknesh” as the remains are locally known, changed not just Johanson’s career but it also shed new light on how humans evolved and changed over time, according to Johanson, ...

HEFEI — Inspired by the agility of elephant trunks and octopus tentacles, a team of scientists from a Chinese university has ...

With an advanced motion control system, its robotic arms can replicate what the human arm can do, with the capacity to perform more complicated surgeries. In 2000, the FDA approved the use of the ...

[Ray Kampmeier] just finished writing some code to allow him to control his robotic arm using force-sensitive hand gestures! He calls it the Robo Marionette. He’s using a MeArm 4 DOF robotic arm ...

The basic SCARA mechanism is a two-link arm, similar to a human arm. The end of the second joint can move through the XY-plane by rotating at the base and elbow of the mechanism. [How To ...

Deltoid Abduction of the shoulder (moving the arm outwards and away from the body) Outward arm action in a jumping jack Rotator cuffs A group of stabilising muscles of the shoulder which helps to ...