Roboticists from the nation’s top universities recently created a self-aware mechanical arm that taught itself how to move. “The idea is that robots need to take care of themselves,” says ...

People can learn to control a robotic third arm using their eyes and chest muscles. Such extra limbs could become essential tools for surgeons or people working in industrial jobs, say researchers.

This article is more than 6 years old. Robot self-awareness is one step closer today after engineers at Columbia University built a robotic arm that can imagine itself.

According to a recent study published in Advanced Intelligent Systems, the brain can adapt to an artificial third arm and use it for simple tasks. This keeps alive the dream of precision mechanics ...