Advances in robot design, actuation, and control have benefitted from biological inspiration, which has perhaps most influenced the soft robotics community. Furthermore, many scientists interested in ...

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

Instead of using metals or plastics, the team worked with food waste. CREATE Lab head Josie Hughes says merging natural ...

Soft robotics is poised to revolutionize industries with its flexibility and adaptability. This Collection will highlight original research on the design, fabrication, and application of soft robotic ...

Soft robots that can traverse through diverse environments, swim, crawl, and wiggle like real animals may sound like something out of a sci-fi movie, but researchers from MIT have brought us one step ...

Scientists have developed fully biodegradable, high-performance artificial muscles. Their research project marks another step towards green technology becoming a lasting trend in the field of soft ...

Scientists from Carnegie Mellon University, in partnership with paleontologists from Spain and Poland, have employed ancient fossil records to fabricate a soft robotic model of pleurocystitid. This ...

A research team at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has engineered soft materials with highly ...

Researchers have developed a miniature soft lithium-ion battery that could be used as a defibrillator to control heart rhythm during surgery. The flexible lithium-ion battery is constructed by ...

You might not think of ceramics as the future of robotics, but this new development will make you think again. Ceramics are often used in the creation of delicate teacups and sturdy tiles. But ...

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