Researchers are continuing to make progress on developing a new synthetic material that behaves like biological muscle, an ...

Researchers have developed an AI control system that enables soft robotic arms to learn a wide repertoire of motions and ...

Mens, Manus & Machina (M3S) interdisciplinary research group, and National University of Singapore (NUS), alongside ...

The method, described in Advanced Materials, replaces the slow, multi-step molding and casting process that traditionally defines soft robotics. Researchers have figured out how to 3D-print ...

New fabrication method produces hydrogel-based smart synthetic skin with adjustable optical, mechanical, and surface ...

Soft robots are only as capable as the artificial muscles that drive them, and for years those muscles have forced a trade-off between strength and flexibility. A new magnetic polymer design is ...

Firms are working to make the motors that drive robots more efficient and cheaper.

Meet Moya, the lifelike humanoid robot from Shanghai that smiles, walks, and holds eye contact like a human. Could this mark ...

Chinese EV maker Xpeng drew crowds at a Shenzhen shopping mall over the weekend ...

Researchers at Penn State have developed a fabrication method that can print multifunctional “smart synthetic skin” — ...

Mechanical engineers at Duke University have developed solid building blocks whose mechanical properties can ...