Soft robots and soft materials are being explored by researchers to advance work in robotics, medicine and health care, and ...

One day, robots might navigate through your blood vessels to break up clots, deliver targeted chemotherapy or repair ruptured blood vessels more efficiently and effectively than existing tools, ...

Pop culture has often depicted robots as cold, metallic, and menacing, built for domination, not compassion. But at Georgia ...

Advances in robot design, actuation, and control have benefitted from biological inspiration, which has perhaps most influenced the soft robotics community. Furthermore, many scientists interested in ...

A breakthrough from Canadian researchers brings us closer to robots that move with the power and grace of living organisms.

Scientists built flat sheet robots that can change shape and move without motors. They lock into 256 metabot forms using tiny ...

The flexible material acts as an “artificial muscle,” enabling robots to move more naturally and safely than traditional ...

EPFL researchers have engineered a fiber-based electronic sensor that remains functional even when stretched to over 10 times ...

The Robotics and Autonomous Systems Teaching and Innovation Center officially opened its doors to the public Monday. The lab, located at 730 Commonwealth Ave, aims to give undergraduate and graduate ...

Most animals can quickly transition from walking to jumping to crawling to swimming if needed without reconfiguring or making major adjustments. Most robots cannot. But researchers have now created ...

UCLA researchers have engineered a new material that can create robots more similar to living organisms. In a study published June 17, researchers from the He Lab at UCLA developed a material that ...