Each unit has multiple points to which another unit can attach itself: 18 of them, to be precise, which means that just two ...

Owning a house and maintaining a yard all year round can feel like having a second job. Homeowners usually end up with a ...

Here’s an interesting comment from MIT’s Alfonso Parra Rubio, “Treating soft versus hard robotics is a false dichotomy.” For, I suppose, obvious reasons, thinking around technology tends to be a ...

Northwestern University engineers have developed the first modular robots with athletic intelligence. They can be combined ...

As cities continue to expand and infrastructure projects grow more ambitious, the construction sector is facing a crippling problem: There aren’t enough workers. The U.S. alone will need to attract ...

If a soft-bodied robot uses rigid actuators to move its body, then it isn't really soft now, is it? An experimental new caterpillar-inspired bot gets around that conundrum by using soft, collapsible ...

Multifunctional fluidic units generate coordinated motion and sensing in soft robots by combining actuation, switching, and oscillation in one module, reducing reliance on electronic control.

Soft robotics has quickly moved from a niche research topic to a practical technology with real-world applications—from gentle grippers in ...

Schools of fish, colonies of bees, and murmurations of starlings exhibit swarming behavior in nature, flowing like a liquid in synchronized, shape-shifting coordination. Through the lens of fluid ...

The modular Aerones robotic system for wind blade maintenance and repair. Photo Credit, all images: Aerones Aerones (Riga, Latvia) has unveiled and demonstrated a robot that offers full-service ...