Scientists create nanosized, foldable robots
Scientists created nanosized robots that could enable locomotion, novel metamaterial design and high-fidelity sensors.
Cornell University researchers created micron-sized shape memory actuators that fold themselves...
Scientists create world’s smallest origami bird
If you want to build a fully functional nanosized robot, you need to incorporate a host of capabilities, from complicated electronic circuits and photovoltaics...
Scientists create unique silver-hydrogel composite for soft bioelectronics
In the field of robotics, metals offer advantages like strength, durability, and electrical conductivity.
But, they are heavy and rigid—properties that are undesirable in soft...
This credit card-sized soft pumps could power wearable artificial muscles
Robotic clothing that is entirely soft and could help people to move more easily is a step closer to reality thanks to the development...
This soft robot doesn’t need any electronics
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have created a four-legged soft robot that doesn't need any electronics to work.
The robot only needs...
Scientists find new way to make soft robots to sense human touch better
Soft robots may not be in touch with human feelings, but they are getting better at feeling human touch.
Cornell University researchers have created a...
This four-legged robot could crawl, crouch, clean and fight COVID
There are so many things robots can do on wheels, but in narrower, shallower spaces—like between desks in a classroom or on a stairwell—wheels...
This lovely robot could help catch good portrait photo
Good portrait photography is as much art as it is science.
There are technical details like composition and lighting, but there’s also a matter of...
Scientists create advanced soft robots with liquid crystal elastomers
The pink strip lies flat on a black-and-white checkerboard surface.
It's rubbery—gummy, almost—and just thicker than an unrolled fruit leather snack. At a glance, the...
Squid-inspired robot swims with nature’s most efficient marine animals
Scientists at the University of Southampton and University of Edinburgh have developed a flexible underwater robot that can propel itself through water in the...