The new Neo robot from 1X is designed to do chores. It'll need help from you and from folks behind the curtain.

Soft elastic material uses energy-free floppy modes to perform and reprogram calculations, enabling smarter robots and ...

Weighing only 66 pounds (29.9 kg), NEO can lift 154 pounds (69.8 kg) and operate quietly at 22 dB, softer than a modern ...

Last year, a South Korean team, inspired by octopus adaptations, developed a metamaterial-based soft machine capable of ...

A soft robotic system uses liquid crystal elastomers to merge shape shifting, gripping, and color change, demonstrating fully ...

Abstract: In recent years, the field of soft robotics has gained considerable attention, due to the high versatility of soft robots in adapting their flexible bodies to unknown environments, resulting ...

Abstract: Soft robots face significant control challenges due to the coupling effects of strain and external forces, particularly with external interactions that change their original model. This ...

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China Key Laboratory of 3D Micro/Nano Fabrication and Characterization of Zhejiang Province, School of Engineering, ...

A new generation of soft robots is here. Flexible, adaptable, and capable of navigating spaces once unreachable, these robots are designed to move like living organisms, transforming how doctors ...

Researchers have invented a new super agile robot that can cleverly change shape thanks to amorphous characteristics akin to the popular Marvel anti-hero Venom. Researchers used a special material ...

Researchers have developed a soft robotic skin that enables vine robots that are just a few millimeters wide to navigate convoluted paths and fragile environments. To accomplish this, the researchers ...