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

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

A spinning 3D printer nozzle creates soft robots with built-in air channels that bend in programmed directions, turning flat ...

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

Engineers propose a new quantitative framework to account for and predict the impact of temperature on the curing speed of platinum-catalyzed silicone elastomers. The findings could maximize ...

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 ...

While there are many potential uses for soft-bodied robots, the things are still typically only built in small experimental batches. Scottish scientists are out to change that, with a ...

(A) FEA-based numerical simulation to optimize the actuator’s geometry and actuation parameters. (B) Using FFF technology, the molds are printed in rigid material and the sacrificial cores are in a ...

Fluid robot motion is the result of design choices among five options including pneumatics and strain wave gears.