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 ...

Lego-like composite polymer voxels form the lightweight high-strength truss structure. Two types of simple robots then assemble and later reconfigure the voxels using the lattice geometry itself 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 ...

“Since humanoid robots share a similar physical structure with us ... It was able to smoothly string together simple movements, such as walking in a straight line and crouching, as well as ...

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 ...

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 ...

A team at Princeton Engineering connected these "bristle bots"—simple robots with vibrating motors and flexible legs—with a flexible polymer tether. According to researchers, this enabled ...