Artificial muscle hits 91% recovery, self-heals after damage
Researchers at Seoul National University have developed an artificial muscle that can change shape during operation, repair damage,…
Microrobots swim and steer with no brain, sensors, or software
Researchers at Leiden University have developed microrobots that can move, navigate, and adapt without a brain, sensors, or…
Programmable soft materials enable smarter, direction-based robotics
A new class of soft, programmable composites that can twist, stiffen, and move differently depending on direction may…
3D-printed magnetic origami robots deliver medicine
By infusing rubber-like elastomers with ferromagnetic particles, the team at North Carolina State University produced a flexible magnetic…
Octopus arm flexibility facilitates complex behaviors in diverse natural environments
Arm actions Twelve arm actions were identified from 15 behaviors with a total of 3,907 actions recorded from…