Soft continuum robots provide high dexterity in constrained spaces, while guaranteeing a compliant interaction with the surrounding environment. Over the last years, they have been used to improve ...

Soon, a flexible octopus-like robot could be completely free of wires or internal electronics. Engineers at Rice University have unveiled a new soft robotic arm controlled by laser beams.

Soft continuum robots have garnered much attention due to their inherent compliance and interaction ability in complex scenarios. However, the absence of rigid supports in them often causes ...

Untethered robots, compared with their tethered counterparts, may bring enhanced autonomy. It is highly desirable to engineer multifunctional, lightweight, rapid, and low-voltage driven untethered ...

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation IFF have developed cognitive robot capabilities that can handle complex tasks in manufacturing that were previously ...

Nebraska engineers built a soft robot muscle that mimics human healing, using heat and liquid metal to fix and forget damage. Updated: May 30, 2025 05:39 PM EST. 1. Culture.

In a world first, scientists have created soft robots that can be 3D printed and then just get up and walk out of the printer that made them. And it can be done using a open-source platform that costs ...

Feb. 8, 2021 — Researchers have created a low-cost method for soft, deformable robots to detect a range of physical interactions, from pats to punches to hugs, without relying on touch at all ...