One day, robots might navigate through your blood vessels to break up clots, deliver targeted chemotherapy or repair ruptured blood vessels more efficiently and effectively than existing tools, ...

A team of biomechanical engineers and surgeons has created a 3D-printing soft robot that could transform vocal cord surgery.

After vocal cord surgery, many patients develop stiff vocal folds that impact their ability to speak. Hydrogels can help prevent this by promoting healing, but delivering hydrogels to the vocal cords ...

Once inside, a magnetic field guides and unfolds it at the target site, where it releases medicine in a controlled and steady ...

NC State researchers create 3D-printed magnetic origami robots for precise, targeted drug delivery inside the body.

A team of roboticists at the University of California San Diego and BASF Corporation has developed a unique 3D-printed soft robotic gripper that operates without the need for electronics. So, how does ...

Additive manufacturing has enabled the deposition of highly flexible, affordable materials, easily printed using low-cost fused filament fabrication. The transition from soft lithography to digital ...

Soft skin coverings and touch sensors have emerged as a promising feature for robots that are both safer and more intuitive for human interaction, but they are expensive and difficult to make. A ...

Researchers from North Carolina State University have demonstrated miniature soft hydraulic actuators that can be used to control the deformation and motion of soft robots that are less than a ...

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