Soft robots are only as capable as the artificial muscles that drive them, and for years those muscles have forced a trade-off between strength and flexibility. A new magnetic polymer design is ...

Soft robots are prized for their agility and gentle touch, which makes them ideal for traversing delicate or enclosed spaces to perform various tasks, from cultivating baby corals in laboratories to ...

A team of researchers at Concordia has created an artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted technique and a robotic platform that ...

A team of scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has built a tiny seed-sized robot capable of performing five surgical functions wirelessly, thereby paving the way ...

A flexible magnetic soft robot using magnetorheological fluids navigates the gastrointestinal tract, folds to fit narrow passages, and delivers drugs to targeted lesion sites. (Nanowerk News) ...