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SEATTLE, Wash. (KATU) — A groundbreaking robotic arm developed by the University of Washington's robotics team is offering new hope to amputees and individuals with motor impairments by enabling them ...

For about 10 years, researchers at the University of Washington’s Personal Robotics Lab have been developing a robotic arm that can help people with motor impairments, such as quadriplegics, feed ...

Up until recently, this work has mostly been evaluated in the lab. But last year, researchers deployed the assistive feeding ...

Two robotic arms – a fork in one hand, a knife in the other – flank a seated man, who sits in front of a table, with a piece of cake on a plate. A computerized voice announces each action: "moving ...

Researchers have developed BabyBot, a groundbreaking soft robotic infant designed to mimic early feeding behaviors and oral motor development. Engineered with a sensorized mouth, soft robotic tongue, ...