Once inside, a magnetic field guides and unfolds it at the target site, where it releases medicine in a controlled and steady ...

The next generation of soft robots might be folding and sliding as effortlessly as living tissue, say a team of engineers who ...

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

A new 3D printing technique can create paper-thin "magnetic muscles," which can be applied to origami structures to make them ...

Researchers have demonstrated miniature soft hydraulic actuators that can be used to control the deformation and motion of soft robots that are less than a millimeter thick. The researchers have also ...

Researchers have created a robot with a 3D printed body that transitions from a rigid core to a soft exterior and is capable of more than 30 untethered jumps, powered by a mix of butane and oxygen ...

A team of roboticists at the University of California San Diego and BASF Corporation has developed a unique 3D-printed soft robotic gripper that operates without the need for electronics. So, how does ...

Soft skin coverings and touch sensors have emerged as a promising feature for robots that are both safer and more intuitive for human interaction, but they are expensive and difficult to make. A ...

Additive manufacturing has enabled the deposition of highly flexible, affordable materials, easily printed using low-cost fused filament fabrication. The transition from soft lithography to digital ...

Have you ever wondered why robots are unable to walk and move their bodies as fluidly as we do? Some robots can run, jump, or dance with greater efficiency than humans, but their body movements also ...