Engineers in Japan have unveiled an unusual four-legged robot that moves with a smooth, ...

When disaster strikes and buildings collapse, every second counts for emergency responders searching for survivors trapped beneath rubble. Traditional tools often fall short in these dangerous, ...

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 ...

Gastrointestinal cancers rank among the deadliest in the world, yet they often grow in places doctors struggle to reach. If ...

Researchers have developed a soft robot capable of crawling like a worm, climbing cables, and rapidly changing shape to shift directions—all powered by a single air input. Soft robots are flexible but ...

Imagine having a continuum soft robotic arm bend around a bunch of grapes or broccoli, adjusting its grip in real time as it ...

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

Here’s an interesting comment from MIT’s Alfonso Parra Rubio, “Treating soft versus hard robotics is a false dichotomy.” For, I suppose, obvious reasons, thinking around technology tends to be a ...

Robots made from rigid materials boast impressive strength, whereas robots made from soft materials excel in flexibility. But what if we could merge the best of both worlds? A hybrid robot that’s both ...

Inbolt said its new guidance system on robot arms enables flexible, fast, accurate, and low-cost bin picking for unstructured ...