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, ...

Scientists unveil a flexible 2.7 mm bioprinter that lets surgeons reconstruct vocal folds and prevent scarring after throat ...

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 ...

The next generation of soft robots might be folding and sliding as effortlessly as living tissue, say a team of engineers who ...

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

A new 3D printing technique can create paper-thin "magnetic muscles," which can be applied to origami structures to make them ...

NC State engineers 3D-print paper-thin magnetic muscles that turn origami robots into moving drug-delivery machines.

The robots are constructed from a combination of standard off-the-shelf components and custom parts. Key systems rely on small-batch vacuum cast components and a significant number of 3D printed parts ...

A four-fingered robotic hand built from Lego Mindstorms pieces can push, pull and grip with almost as much force as a leading ...

Advanced 3D printing techniques create flexible origami robots with high magnetic responsiveness, paving the way for biomedical applications and soft robotics.

An international team led by researchers at the University of Waterloo has developed a new material that can be used as ...