Actuation of an IROGRAN scroll by moving the magnet toward the scroll and pulling the scroll open. The scroll abruptly closes when the magnet is pulled further away. Liu et al., 2019, Photothermally ...

The field of soft robotics has exploded in the past decade, as ever more researchers seek to make real the potential of these pliant, flexible automata in a variety of realms, including search and ...

(Nanowerk News) How about parents having time to sit comfortably on the couch in the evenings and read to their kids while the robot cleans up in the kitchen? Or caregivers once again having time to ...

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 ...

Your tongue is super weird, which is fine because mine is too. Even though it lacks supporting bones, it can move in all sorts of directions because it’s a “muscular hydrostat”: Fluid is compressed in ...

Description: Soft Robotics is an emerging field that combines the principles of robotics and materials science to create robots that are flexible, adaptable, and safe to interact with humans and the ...

image: An international team of researchers has developed a perception system for soft robots inspired by the way humans process information about their own bodies in space and in relation to other ...

Soft robots still tend to rely on hard electronics to function, but a new invention might reduce that need for unyielding chips. UC Riverside researchers have developed pneumatic computer memory that ...

As is the case with any other electrical device, the less energy that a robot uses to perform its assigned duties, the better. A new soft robotic gripper was created with this fact in mind, as it ...

More and more every year, people are turning to e-commerce to fulfill most of their shopping needs. A 2021 survey by NerdWallet revealed that two thirds of Americans had planned to do the majority of ...