Phase-change actuation has been revived for the era of untethered, electrically driven soft robots. Our team at the University of Coimbra have developed a phase transition soft actuator designed to ...

Snakes are best known for slithering, but some species can also lift large portions of their bodies off the ground—rising into an upright posture to scan their surroundings, threaten predators, or ...

Roboticists have been motivated by a long-standing goal to make robots safer. The new actuator could be used to develop inexpensive, soft, flexible robots which are safer and more practical for ...

Researchers introduces the first toroidal, light-driven micro-robot that can move autonomously in viscous liquids, such as mucus. This innovation marks a major step forward in developing micro-robots ...

During fermentation, yeast cells undergo division, which affects the yeast culture’s impedance. Concurrently, carbon dioxide is produced as a byproduct of fermentation, which the robot utilizes as a ...

Researchers from Tampere University in Finland and Anhui Jianzhu University in China have made a significant breakthrough in soft robotics. Their groundbreaking study introduces the first toroidal, ...