Researchers developed a soft robotic skin that enables vine robots that are just a few millimeters wide to navigate ...

The stiffened artificial muscle can support up to 5 kilograms (11 pounds) — roughly “4,000 times its own weight.” The muscle ...

Fixing underground water pipes usually means digging up roads and sidewalks — a process that's disruptive and expensive. However, researchers at the University of Sheffield in the U.K. are working on ...

Could the future of rescue missions and exploration lie in the hands—or rather, the flexible movements—of a swarm of lightweight, soft, and intelligent robots? Imagine swarms of soft-bodied robots ...

China has more industrial robots than the rest of the world combined, but newer, more flexible robots are keeping smaller U.S ...

The little red robots appear to be little more than a pair of wheels, but in between these are tiny computers that provide ...