This strong but simple structure allows them to hold a wide variety ... It could even lead to the next generation of robots. “For instance, a search-and-rescue robot could squeeze through ...

With simple robots and structure, high mass-specific structural performance, and competitive throughput, this system demonstrates the potential for self-reconfiguring autonomous metamaterials for ...

"You can transform between a material and a robot ... of simple plastics and custom-made magnetic composites. Using a magnetic field, the researchers changed the metamaterial's structure, causing ...

The platform enables non-experts to specify a robot’s operational and structural parameters using simple descriptive input. AI models handle every design, simulation, and optimization layer from ...

Robots are increasingly visible in everyday life. Factories and manufacturing facilities have used simple single-task robotic arms for decades to quickly ramp up production. In logistics ...

The e-commerce giant has long sought robots capable of gently but securely grasping varied items in warehouses, a seemingly simple task that has proven remarkably challenging. The development of ...

US researchers have devised a simple robot that can make copies of itself from spare parts. Writing in Nature, the robot's creators say their experiment shows the ability to reproduce is not unique to ...

Once the fine-tuning was complete, the robot was able to complete simple tasks like pouring from a cup, opening blinds and shower curtains, or pulling board-game boxes from a shelf. It could also ...

The basic idea of the self-building structure is in a clever synergy between the building material — cuboctahedral frames they call voxels — and the two types of robots that assemble them.

Our robot is literally a molecular robot constructed of atoms just like you can build a very simple robot out of Lego bricks. The robot then responds to a series of simple commands that are programmed ...