A research team in South Korea has developed a soft robot named Octoid that can mimic the movement and behavior of an octopus ...

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

Soft robots are prized for their agility and gentle touch, which makes them ideal for traversing delicate or enclosed spaces ...

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

The research team led by Dr. Dae-Yoon Kim at the Functional Composite Materials Research Center of the Korea Institute of ...

What if the same forces that move a soft robot could also power it? A research shows magnetic fields can make robots smart, ...

Daniela Rus has spent her career breaking barriers—scientific, social, and material—in her quest to build machines that ...

According to its developers, the transparent robot replicates the movements and appearance of a real jellyfish with its soft, ...

Whether artificial hands with an especially gentle touch or an endoscope that crawls through the intestines like a worm, robots made of soft materials could soon carry out tasks that are difficult for ...

Rather than pushing a futuristic, machine-forward aesthetic, XPENG leans into recognisable visual cues such as body shape, ...

Scientists at the University of Texas at Arlington, for example, have built a soft exoskeleton that fastens onto the arm and, ...