ETH Zürich's robotic hand walks on its own fingers, no wheels or legs needed
StewartalsopIII · x · 2026-09-16
ETH Zürich has built a robotic hand that can walk away on its own fingers—likened to the Thing from the Addams Family. No wheels, no bolted-on legs, no separate drive mechanism: the same fingers that grasp objects also carry the hand across surfaces and support its weight, an unusual alternative to symmetric quadruped-style locomotion.
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