Scientists have created -- of all things -- a soft robotic spider. Don't worry, it doesn't bite: the spider is a demonstration of a new manufacturing process that can produce soft robots on the ...

Robots aren’t generally known for their flexibility, with some exceptions. Laura Blumenschein, 29, co-­invented the Vine robot, which moves and grows like a plant.

MIT researchers developed a deep learning neural network to aid the design of soft-bodied robots. The algorithm optimizes the arrangement of sensors on the robot, enabling it to complete tasks as ...

Researchers developed a deep learning neural network to aid the design of soft-bodied robots. The algorithm optimizes the arrangement of sensors on the robot, enabling it to complete tasks as ...

Cheng said he also envisions future applications in vascular treatments. ... Multifunctional System-Integrated Programmable Soft Robot, Nano-Micro Letters (2025). DOI: 10.1007/s40820-024-01601-3.

Our future robot overlords never looked so squishy. A team of scientists led out of Harvard University have managed to build an entirely soft robot — one that’s inspired by an octopus.

Soft robots, unlike their stiff counterparts, consist of elastic materials that mimic the fluid movement of living organisms. Such flexibility makes them particularly well-suited to navigating ...

Roboticists at The Faboratory at Yale University have developed a way for soft robots to replicate some of the more unsettling things that animals and insects can accomplish — say, a reptile ...

Researchers have designed a new, 3D-printable, light-responsive material that can be used to make machines that move without any electronics. These “soft robots” or “soft machines” are made of a novel ...

Roboticists are envisioning a future in which soft, animal-inspired robots could be safely deployed in difficult-to-access natural and man-made environments, such as in delicate surgical ...