In a laboratory in Connecticut, a palm-sized silicone robot scrunches up its body to inch forward in a caterpillar-like motion. A brick tips over onto its leg, trapping it as it struggles to move on.

Breaking away from conventional robots that perform only predefined functions once fabricated, researchers have developed a ...

Recent progress in soft materials, fabrication, and bioinspired design has significantly expanded the capabilities of soft robots in locomotion, ...

Researchers have developed advanced robotic manipulation methods that allow machines to handle irregular, curved objects with ...

A new artificial muscle can change shape, repair damage, and be reused, bringing a major shift in how robots are built and ...

"Ancient Japanese Art Brings Spineless Robot To Life!" Sounds very much like a movie plot summary. In reality, it perfectly ...

(a) Structural decomposition diagrams of the soft sheet robot and magnetorheological fluids. (b) Diagram of the 3D model of the soft sheet robot. (c) Microstructure diagram of magnetorheological ...

Engineers at Princeton University, New Jersey, have developed soft–rigid hybrid robots capable of movement and shape change without motors or external pneumatic systems. Researchers combined their ...

Melody is an M-Series humanoid, a masterpiece of "human-centric" engineering from Realbotix, a Canada-based humanoid robot ...

A flexible magnetic soft robot using magnetorheological fluids navigates the gastrointestinal tract, folds to fit narrow passages, and delivers drugs to targeted lesion sites. (Nanowerk News) ...