Engineers at Oxford University have developed a rapid, ultra-low-cost method for manufacturing soft robots using common lab ...

An insect-scale robot that jumps using only light has completed 188 continuous leaps without ...

Snakes may be best known for slithering. But consider that these animals also perform one of the most extreme feats of posture control found in nature: They can stand nearly straight upright on a ...

Snakes are best known for slithering, but some species can also lift large portions of their bodies off the ground—rising ...

An electronic tattoo that can monitor your brain. A robot dog designed to comfort people with dementia. These are among ...

Fast forward nine years, and the consortium Overvelde and Kluin have assembled, in the hope of making the soft artificial ...

Researchers have taken inspiration from nature to create a robotic wing that can sense and adapt to changes in water to deliver unparalleled stability. Drawing on the adaptive movements of birds and ...

And it’s worth thinking about exactly how remarkable it is that the new humanoid robots are able to replicate the smooth, fluid, organic movements of humans and other animals, because the majority of ...

Harvard engineers created rotational multimaterial 3D printing that embeds air channels in soft robotic parts, enabling hand-like motion without molds.

A robot powered only by light completed 188 continuous jumps without electronics, carrying 1,700 times its weight using material response alone.