Once inside, a magnetic field guides and unfolds it at the target site, where it releases medicine in a controlled and steady ...

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

Imagine a rubber band that turns into a steel cable on command. Now imagine it’s inside a robot. That’s the basic trick of a ...

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

(CN) — Scientists have developed a type of soft-bodied spongy robot that doesn’t require any complex hardware or electricity to move about, as it’s powered entirely by lights and magnets. Their unique ...

Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a new soft robot that can walk at roughly the speed of a human, activated by light and magnetic fields. The robot can squeeze into tight spaces ...

Researchers in California have created an incredibly small robot that needs no battery or wired power supply to zip through the air. Instead, it uses magnets to fly. A magnetic field produced by an ...

This potential treatment may not be for the squeamish. Accidentally swallowed a magnetic ball? Not to worry: Hong Kong scientists have created a state-of-the-art “slime robot” that can be magnetically ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Researchers at MIT have created a tiny, cucumber-inspired soft robot ...

Imagine, if you will, the home robot of the future. It picks clutter off the floor, sweeps, and does the dishes. And it has to do so perfectly: If the robot has an ...

The chip is a system-on-chip (SoC) device, which means all the key sensing and processing functions are built into one small ...