LOS ANGELES - Harvard scientists have built a new type of flexible robot that is limber enough to wiggle and worm through tight spaces. It's the latest prototype in the growing field of soft-bodied ...

Flexible electronics such as flexible sensors, flexible circuits, and flexible actuators hold promising applications in robotic systems. They can effectively enhance a robot's intelligence, enabling ...

A POSTECH research team has developed a thin, flexible robotic actuator inspired by human muscle proteins. As thin as paper, yet capable of generating strong forces, this robot can maneuver through ...

Current robots still do not walk as smoothly and naturally as humans. Scientists are using new technologies to make robots more flexible, natural, and lifelike. Actuators are the main force that moves ...

An adaptive fin made of electronic skin automatically stabilizes underwater robots with low energy consumption.

Robots made from rigid materials boast impressive strength, whereas robots made from soft materials excel in flexibility. But what if we could merge the best of both worlds? A hybrid robot that’s both ...

Pliable bricks that stick together like Lego could be the ultimate play set for advanced robotics. George Whitesides and his colleagues at Harvard University have developed a range of soft robots, ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A tiny, soft, flexible robot that can crawl through earthquake rubble to find trapped victims or travel inside the human body to deliver medicine may seem like science fiction, ...

The next generation of soft robots might be folding and sliding as effortlessly as living tissue, say a team of engineers who have created “magnetic muscles” with 3D printing. Filling elastic, ...

Mind Robotics has raised $500 million in fresh funding to accelerate the development and deployment of AI-powered industrial robots designed ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Micropsi Industries today announced that its artificial intelligence (AI)-based software MIRAI is now compatible with numerous robots produced by FANUC, a leading ...