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 ...

Fauna Robotics’ Sprout encourages human interactions with an expressive face and a soft foam body.

Humanoid robots look impressive and have enormous potential to change our daily lives, but they still have a reputation for ...

Asoft-bodied humanoid robot developed in China can stretch its limbs to more than three times their original length, shrink ...

The humanoid robot GrowHR can change its size via air-filled legs. Due to the air chambers, it can also walk on water.

A lightweight humanoid robot developed by researchers in China does not behave in the way most robots do. It stretches, ...

One day, robots might navigate through your blood vessels to break up clots, deliver targeted chemotherapy or repair ruptured blood vessels more efficiently and effectively than existing tools, ...

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

McGill University engineers have developed ultra-thin materials that can move, fold, and reshape themselves, ...

Zhejiang University researchers build a flexible robotic hand that literally “sees around corners,” combining deep learning ...

Freeze-dried hydrogel powders sprayed onto wet surfaces merge into functional coatings in under five seconds, enabling rapid ...

How can some fish, like tuna, achieve remarkable speed while others, like eels, excel in maneuverability? A research team ...