Credit: University of CambridgeScientists have designed a robotic hand that can grasp objects - and not drop them - using just the movement of its wrist and the feeling in its "skin".Researchers from the University of Cambridge said the mechanical hand does not require its fingers to move independently and uses "passive" movement of the wrists, making the technology low-cost as well as energy-efficient.

Credit: University of CambridgeScientists have designed a robotic hand that can grasp objects - and not drop them - using just the movement of its wrist and the feeling in its "skin".Researchers from the University of Cambridge said the mechanical hand does not require its fingers to move independently and uses "passive" movement of the wrists, making the technology low-cost as well as energy-efficient.