Analog cameras are nowhere near as efficient as biological eyes. If you’ve ever handled a single-lens reflex (SLR) camera, especially if it had a zoom lens attached, you know how heavy they are, and ...

Underwater octopuses change their body color and texture in the blink of an eye to blend perfectly into their surroundings ...

Robots now see the world with an ease that once belonged only to science fiction. They can recognize objects, navigate ...

A research team in South Korea has developed a soft robot named Octoid that can mimic the movement and behavior of an octopus ...

A team of researchers provides a perspective on the role that soft actuators and energy harvesters play in building ...

What if the same forces that move a soft robot could also power it? A research shows magnetic fields can make robots smart, ...

A research team at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has engineered soft materials with highly ...

For the first time, engineers have digitally recreated the complex muscular architecture of the octopus arm and its unique movements, which opens the door to developing soft robotics with ...

MIT engineers have quietly solved one of the biggest bottlenecks in living-tissue robotics, creating synthetic tendons that ...

A 301 mg soft robot jumps continuously under constant light without batteries or electronics, using snap-through buckling and self-shadowing to create an autonomous feedback loop.

Toss aside your typical idea of a robot — all metal, jerky movements and a stiff-legged walk. Scientists at Tufts University are developing soft, squishy robots that are able to squeeze into spaces a ...

When disaster strikes and buildings collapse, every second counts for emergency responders searching for survivors trapped beneath rubble. Traditional tools often fall short in these dangerous, ...