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

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

Imagine having a continuum soft robotic arm bend around a bunch of grapes or broccoli, adjusting its grip in real time as it lifts the object. Unlike traditional rigid robots that generally aim to ...

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

Soft robots that power themselves from their surroundings are moving from lab curiosity to strategic technology, promising ...

The research team led by Dr. Dae-Yoon Kim at the Functional Composite Materials Research Center of the Korea Institute of ...

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

Daniela Rus has spent her career breaking barriers—scientific, social, and material—in her quest to build machines that ...

Electrically tunable ionic hydrogels use small voltages to switch friction at metal contacts between high-friction and ...

A team led by Pei-Yi Wu and Sheng-Tong Sun at Donghua University reported a strong hydrogel fiber material with water-induced adhesion properties that ...

Iron-on patches can repair clothing or add personal flair to backpacks and hats. And now they could power wearable tech, too. Researchers reporting in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces have combined ...