MIT researchers built a soft drone that can not only fly but also pick up and move objects, similar to a flying hand. This high-tech drone is equipped with a soft, grasping mechanism. In the video ...

To test the new system, the researchers printed a small, working model of a human knee joint. It had rigid “bones” and ...

A robotic hand can pick up 24 different objects with human-like movements that emerge spontaneously, thanks to compliant materials and structures rather than programming.

Researchers Cagdas Onal, Berk Calli, and Loris Fichera are developing a framework for the design, modeling, and control of soft continuum robotic arms, which offer greater flexibility than ...

“When pressed by this bionic finger, hard objects retain their shape, whereas soft objects deform when sufficient pressure is applied,” says Wuyi engineer Jian Yi Luo, the study's senior author.