A research team at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has engineered soft materials with highly tunable, asymmetric mechanical responses, an ability crucial for next-generation ...

Miniaturization offers robotics designers new levels of power efficiency, nimbleness, and precision for a range of ...

A research team develops 3D-printed pneumatic logic modules that control the movements of soft robots using only air pressure. These modules enable logical switching of the air flow and can thus ...

Soft composite systems are materials that can deform and adapt to external stimuli. The HKUST team has integrated "shear-jamming transitions" into compliant polymeric solids, which allows these ...

Magnetically actuated mobile robots demonstrate attractive advantages in various medical applications due to their wireless and programmable executions with tiny sizes. Confronted with complex ...

Scientists have created the first soft robots that can walk straight out of the machines that make them. The flexible, four-legged devices were developed using a new 3D printing system, which could ...

Some 30,000 people in the U.S. are affected by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, a neurodegenerative condition that damages cells in the brain and spinal cord ...

Researchers at Shanghai Jiao Tong University have developed a soft, amphibious robot powered by electrohydraulic flippers that can seamlessly transition between crawling on land, moving underwater, ...

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 ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Alex Ossola: Picture a robot. The first thing that comes to mind is probably ...