Soft robotics has emerged as a transformative branch of robotics, distinguished by its reliance on highly compliant materials ...

Soft robots that run on air instead of electricity are starting to behave less like simple inflatable toys and more like autonomous creatures. Built from flexible materials and intricate channels, ...

ABB Robotics and PSYONIC explore using real human prosthetic touch data to train industrial robots for delicate gripping ...

A former surgeon's biology-inspired startup is creating soft robotic cells that could transform how intelligent machines are ...

A research team led by Prof. Seung Hwan Ko of Seoul National University College of Engineering's Department of Mechanical ...

Many AI robots appear intelligent as long as they operate in controlled environments. Neuroscientist and robotics researcher ...

Researchers at Cornell University have been working on batteries that can 'flow' through the internal structures of robots, kind of like how blood in humans' veins powers our bodies. The team has been ...

A team of scientists at NTU has developed grain-sized soft robots that can be controlled using magnetic fields for targeted drug delivery, paving the way to possible improved therapies in future. The ...

An international research team led by the University of Waterloo is developing technology to dissolve painful kidney stones in the urinary tract using tiny robots. The research is published in the ...

Engineers at MIT have devised an ingenious new way to produce artificial muscles for soft robots that can flex in more than one direction, similar to the complex muscles in the human body. The team ...

D printing doesn't let you print extradimensional items, but it is a promising form of manufacturing that might solve a lot ...

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.