Several research groups across the United States and Europe have demonstrated that 3D-printed artificial muscles can replicate biological movements such as contracting, twisting, and lifting, bringing ...

The day is coming when you may walk past a robot and have no idea it was a robot. Over years of engineering, we've given ...

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 ...

When we envision robots used to build things, our minds might turn to those types used on automotive assembly lines or humanoid robots designed to do the same work as humans. However, neither of those ...

A 3D printed hand, with hinges, before perfusion. Harvard engineers have developed a new 3D printing method for building soft robots that bend and change shape in predictable ways when inflated. The ...

What just happened? When engineers talk about soft robots, precision is usually the missing piece. The challenge has never been in making flexible machines – it's been in making them behave ...

This article is part of "Solutionaries," our continuing commitment to solutions journalism, highlighting the creative people in communities working to make the world a better place, one solution at a ...

The treatment of gastrointestinal and urinary system diseases has long been plagued by limitations of traditional drug delivery methods, such as low drug concentration at target sites, lack of ...