ETH Zurich Researchers Create Autonomous Robotic Hand That Walks on Its Fingertips

Researchers at ETH Zurich's Soft Robotics Lab have built an anthropomorphic robotic hand that can walk on its fingertips on its own. It navigated over a dozen indoor and outdoor surfaces and even played a round of Sokoban by pressing arrow keys.

• Hand walks on fingertips without a carrying arm
• Tested on 10+ surfaces including tiles, grass and stone
• Played Sokoban by pressing individual arrow keys
• Trained in simulation using reinforcement learning