A soft armband that lets you steer a robot while you sprint on a treadmill or bob on rough seas sounds like science fiction. Engineers at the University of California San Diego have now built ...

Traditionally, robot arms have been controlled either by joysticks, buttons, or very carefully programmed routines. However, for [Narongporn Laosrisin’s] homebrew build, they decided to go with ...

Human–robot interaction (HRI) and gesture-based control systems represent a rapidly evolving research field that seeks to bridge the gap between human intuition and robotic precision. This area ...

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Honor has unveiled its new Honor Robot Phone ahead of MWC 2026, introducing “embodied AI” with gesture controls and interactive movements. It features a motorised 200MP rotating camera with AI ...

Honor Device Co demonstrated a humanoid robot and its so-called robot phone at MWC Barcelona 2026 on Sunday, as the Chinese ...