Underwater octopuses change their body color and texture in the blink of an eye to blend perfectly into their surroundings ...

Although they're constantly improving, robots aren't necessarily known for their gentle touch. A new robotic system from MIT ...

Step inside the Soft Robotics Lab at ETH Zurich, and you find yourself in a space that is part children's nursery, part ...

Soft robots that power themselves from their surroundings are moving from lab curiosity to strategic technology, promising ...

Robots now see the world with an ease that once belonged only to science fiction. They can recognize objects, navigate ...

By combining soft materials, cloud-scale simulation, and learning from human motion, researchers are teaching robots to grasp ...

Engineers at MIT have devised an ingenious new way to produce artificial muscles for soft robots that can flex in more than one direction, similar to the complex muscles in the human body. The team ...

A team of researchers provides a perspective on the role that soft actuators and energy harvesters play in building ...

Engineers have developed a new soft, flexible device that makes robots move by expanding and contracting -- just like a human muscle. To demonstrate their new device, called an actuator, the ...

Robotic dog on show at the Barbican. — © Image by Tim Sandle. Robotic dog on show at the Barbican. — © Image by Tim Sandle. Grain-sized soft robots that can be ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Precision in drug delivery has long posed a significant challenge to the medical field. Relying on the body’s circulatory system to transport medications often results in ...