Could a robot smaller than a grain of sand really hoist a load heavier than a bowling ball? In South Korea, engineers have ...

A research team in South Korea has developed a soft robot named Octoid that can mimic the movement and behavior of an octopus ...

Seeing robots made with soft, flexible parts in action appears to lower people's anxiety about working with them or even being replaced by them. A study found that watching videos of a soft robot ...

Engineers have developed a new soft, flexible device that makes robots move by expanding and contracting -- just like a human muscle. To demonstrate their new device, called an actuator, the ...

A research team at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has engineered soft materials with highly ...

True robotic dexterity will open up markets that automation has barely touched, such as This is where robotics evolves from ...

What if the same forces that move a soft robot could also power it? A research shows magnetic fields can make robots smart, ...

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 ...

Roboticists have been motivated by a long-standing goal to make robots safer. The new actuator could be used to develop inexpensive, soft, flexible robots which are safer and more practical for ...