Transformer bots can form more than 1,000 shapes. Photo courtesy of Jie Yin, NC State University. Credit: Nature Communications (2024)....

Credit: University of Sheffield A new type of valve that makes soft robots more resilient to damage, has been developed...

Credit: Yale University Self-amputation may seem like a drastic move, but it's a survival tactic that's proved particularly handy for...

Schematic of the experimental muscle testing environment. Credit: Biological Cybernetics (2024). DOI: 10.1007/s00422-024-00990-3 Carnegie Mellon University researchers at the Biohybrid...

Abstraction and technical illustration of SQUAMATAR robot. Credit: npj Robotics (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s44182-024-00011-2 Can a robot mimicking a climbing and...

Schematic and experiment snapshots showing the individual and assembling behavior of bimodal droplets. Credit: Science Advances (2024). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adp1439 A...

Two spline-based developable surfaces achieved by SAILS. Credit: Science Robotics (2024). DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.adl0307 Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU...

Tiny, 56-gram "CrazyFlie" drone that is able to navigate back to a starting location with an insect-inspired navigation strategy. Credit:...

Perching strategy and architecture of the PercHug platform. Credit: Communications Engineering (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s44172-024-00241-0 A team of engineers and roboticists...

Claw performing task in acetone. Credit: Chem/Liu and Fang et al. Scientists at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology...

Crawling robot and artificial muscle together. Credit: Ryan Truby/Taekyoung Kim/Northwestern University Northwestern University engineers have developed a new soft, flexible...

Diagram of the experimental setup. Credit: Sensors and Actuators A: Physical (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2024.115591 Taking inspiration from the animal kingdom,...

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain It resembles a malevolent robot from 1980s sci-fi but West Japan Railway's new humanoid employee was...

A UMD team is developing a robotic arm that can recognize and transport a variety of foods served in assisted-care...

Left: Evaluation of the effect of the assistance on the activity of the biceps muscle while lifting a weight of...

Credit: The European Physical Journal E (2024). DOI: 10.1140/epje/s10189-024-00430-x Robots are becoming an increasingly important part of our lives, performing...

a) Tortoise-inspired belly-dragging robot. b) Schematic CAD design of tortoise-inspired belly-dragging robot. c) Side view of the robot. d) Tortoise-inspired...

Ph.D. student Anya Bouzida, one of the paper's first authors, demonstrates how CARMEN works. Credit: David Baillot/University of California San...

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain An elephant uses its trunk for eating, drinking water, communicating, exploring the environment, social behavior, and...

Credit: University of Manchester Engineers at The University of Manchester have unlocked the secrets to designing a robot capable of...

The weeding robot developed by the researchers. Credit: Kotaniemi et al. Robotic systems are already being deployed in various settings...

Schematic illustrations of the fully 3D-printed miniature sub-millimeter-thick soft hydraulic actuator (MSHA) integrated with the SME for shape morphing and...

Reconfigurable soft robots. In this paper, we address challenges in controlling reconfigurable—or shape-shifting—robots, who can change their morphology to accomplish...

a Morphological evolution from a snail to a snail robot. b Snails outdoors may climb onto another snail’s shell for...

The robot is made of segments that can fold into a flat disk and extend into a cylinder. Partial folds...