Humans can ‘feel’ hidden objects under sand from 2.76 inches away, revealing the surprising power of remote touch.

By learning from human touch, robots can grip objects more safely and adapt to real-world conditions without massive training ...

Unauthorized touching has been in the news quite a bit. But many of us engage in a different form when we disobey the "Do Not Touch" signs at the museum. Unauthorized touching has been in the news ...

To reliably complete household chores, assemble products and tackle other manual tasks, robots should be able to adapt their ...

Engineers at the University of Minnesota have developed a new system that can move objects without making physical contact. The technique involves ultrasound waves acting on specialized surfaces to ...

A recent study from researchers at Queen Mary University of London and University College London has drawn attention after several international outlets reported that humans might sense objects before ...

The ultimate goal to making virtual reality feel more like reality is letting users physically touch non-existent objects in a VR world. Until we figure out the technology behind Star Trek’s Holodecks ...

Over at Intel’s R&D fair, Wired got to play with a robot hand that is able to sense an object it’s about to come in contact with before actually touching it. Using electrolocation, the fingertips of ...

Researchers have made an important discovery about the way our brains process the sensations of sound and touch. The new study reveals how the brain's different sensory systems are all closely ...