The next generation of soft robots might be folding and sliding as effortlessly as living tissue, say a team of engineers who ...

A new 3D printing technique can create paper-thin "magnetic muscles," which can be applied to origami structures to make them move.

A new 3-D printing technique can create paper-thin "magnetic muscles," which can be applied to origami structures to make them move.

The treatment of gastrointestinal and urinary system diseases has long been plagued by limitations of traditional drug delivery methods, such as low drug concentration at target sites, lack of ...

A team of scientists has developed grain-sized soft robots that can be controlled using magnetic fields for targeted drug delivery, paving the way to possible improved therapies in future. A team of ...

A tiny magnetic robot that can take 3D scans from deep within the body and could transform early cancer detection has been developed by researchers. The team, led by engineers from the University of ...

Researchers believe that machines, acting collectively, can accomplish tasks that are difficult for individual robots.

Scientists have developed swarms of tiny magnetic robots that work together like ants to achieve Herculean feats, including traversing and picking up objects many times their size. The findings ...

In response to a short pulse of near-infrared light, the robot released the pebble. Further, the light produced heat triggered a shape change that forced the robot to unfold. The robot then returned ...

Forward-looking: Engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have unveiled a flying robot that mimics the agility and precision of a bumblebee. Weighing just 21 milligrams and measuring less ...

In nature, the ten-micron small, single-cell microalgae are fantastic swimmers, propelled by their two whip-like flagella at the front. However, it wasn’t clear what would happen if scientists covered ...