Oxford researchers have developed soft robots that function without electronics, using air pressure alone to create ...

A team led by the University of Oxford has developed a new class of soft robots that operate without electronics, motors, or ...

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill scientists have created innovative soft robots equipped with electronic skins and artificial muscles, allowing them to sense their surroundings and adapt ...

Within seconds of the onset of an earthquake, when life or death hung in the balance in every second, such a robot could very well be the difference between the two. This is no science fiction fantasy ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Alex Ossola: Picture a robot. The first thing that comes to mind is probably ...

Magnetically actuated mobile robots demonstrate attractive advantages in various medical applications due to their wireless and programmable executions with tiny sizes. Confronted with complex ...

Oxford researchers create soft robots that act, sense and synchronize without electronics using modular air-powered unit ...

Soft skin coverings and touch sensors have emerged as a promising feature for robots that are both safer and more intuitive for human interaction, but they are expensive and difficult to make. A ...

Seeing robots made with soft, flexible parts in action appears to lower people's anxiety about working with them or even being replaced by them. A study found that watching videos of a soft robot ...

It looks like footage taken from a deep-sea submersible. A small creature fills and deflates sacs to crawl across the ground, not a bone present in its translucent body. It’s not organic; in fact, ...