Ball and socket joints are useful, but making a part slide ... [Matthew Finlay] has been doing just that with his ball and socket robot. He’s on version six, a testament to his desire to do ...

There’s a paper describing this spherical gear as part of an active ball joint mechanism and even if ... This looks like just the thing for your next robot arm project. The paper covers the ...

Ball joints act like hinges and connect the suspension control arms to the steering knuckles with a rotating, spherical stud and a socket, giving the wheels a wide range of movement -- from side ...

Watch creepy, humanlike robot twitch and clench fists in new ... to highly mobile joints called synovial joints. The ball-and-socket joint is the most mobile synovial joint and involves a domed ...

People battling debilitating arthritis in the shoulder are finding relief thanks to a revolutionary 'backward' ball and socket joint replacement. Traditional shoulder replacements use a ball ...

Traditionally, the damaged ball-and-socket joint is removed surgically ... to manufacture motor vehicles with greater precision, robotic joint replacement is a relatively new kid on the block.

The shoulder and hip joints are both ball and socket joints. A ball and socket joint is a type of synovial joint that allows movement in almost every direction. A ball and socket joint is made up ...

Other biomimetic robots are often clunky ... The skeleton was then made from carbon fibre bones and 3D-printed ball-and-socket joints, which was covered by a soft, lightweight, durable silicone ...

An approaching ball triggers the robot’s three fingers into action. Actuators embedded in each joint use a burst of high current to move through 180 degrees in less than one tenth of a second.