Email Print Share
May 7, 2023

Robotic hand combines sense of touch with algorithms to achieve high level of dexterity

This robotic hand combines an advanced sense of touch with motor-learning algorithms to achieve a high level of dexterity. Because the hand does not rely on vision, it can manipulate objects in very difficult lighting conditions.

[Research supported by U.S. National Science Foundation grant CMMI 2037101.]

Learn more in the Columbia University news release Highly dexterous robot hand can operate in the dark — just like us. (Date of image: April 2023; date originally posted to NSF Multimedia Gallery: May 7, 2023)

Credit: Columbia University ROAM Lab


Images and other media in the National Science Foundation Multimedia Gallery are available for use in print and electronic material by NSF employees, members of the media, university staff, teachers and the general public. All media in the gallery are intended for personal, educational and nonprofit/non-commercial use only.

Images credited to the National Science Foundation, a federal agency, are in the public domain. The images were created by employees of the United States Government as part of their official duties or prepared by contractors as "works for hire" for NSF. You may freely use NSF-credited images and, at your discretion, credit NSF with a "Courtesy: National Science Foundation" notation.

Additional information about general usage can be found in Conditions.

Also Available:
Download the high-resolution JPG version of the image. (1.5 MB)

Use your mouse to right-click (Mac users may need to Ctrl-click) the link above and choose the option that will save the file or target to your computer.