Engineers at EPFL have developed a programmable foam lattice that blends softness and rigidity across a robot’s body. Inspired by the musculoskeletal system of animals, the new design enables robots ...

A cheetah's powerful sprint, a snake's lithe slither, or a human's deft grasp: Each is made possible by the seamless ...

As per the study, these robots could “absorb and reuse parts,” not from a factory, but from their environment or even from other robots.

Robot Shapes Letters Using Play-Doh. As per a news story by Engadget, robots have already learned how to work on a couple of shapes, specifically alphabet letters, using Play-Doh.

Today's robots are stuck—their bodies are usually closed systems that can neither grow nor self-repair, nor adapt to their ...

Robots are making letters with Play-Doh, ... Robots learn to shape letters using Play-Doh. This could help robots make food and even pottery. jon fingas. Reporter. Tue, Jun 21, ...

But if it is heated using light from an LED, it becomes pliable and can be reconfigured into different shapes. And once in this pliable form, the robots can be controlled by applying a magnetic field.

The robots are built using shape-memory alloy materials, which are then deformed into the desired shape. Heating these alloys up causes them to spring back to their original shape, ...

A new type of soft robot can crawl like a worm, climb cables, and suddenly snap into a completely different shape to move in a new direction—all controlled by a single air input. This ...