HydroSpread, a breakthrough fabrication method, lets scientists build ultrathin soft robots directly on water. These tiny, ...

For billions of years, nature has been the world’s master engineer. Natural evolution has created impressive, sometimes ...

Picture a robot controlled by micromotors so small and light that it suspends itself over water like a bug. With engineers at ...

The first robot, dubbed the HydroFlexor, can paddle across water with fin-like motions, while the second robot, dubbed the ...

A separate silicone rubber layer, embedded with neodymium iron boron (NdFeB) magnetic particles, is bonded to the PI-PAA film. This “triple-layer sandwich” provides a powerful trifecta of responses: ...

(A) FEA-based numerical simulation to optimize the actuator’s geometry and actuation parameters. (B) Using FFF technology, the molds are printed in rigid material and the sacrificial cores are in a ...

A research paper by scientists at the University of Coimbra proposed a soft robotic hand that composed of soft actuator cores and an exoskeleton, featuring a multimaterial design aided by finite ...

Scientists have made considerable progress with soft robots used for assistive wearables, rehabilitative technologies and more. Powered by compressed air, they offer advantages over regular robots ...

Nos. 3 and 2 on the list are welding (25.30%) and bending (28.51%), respectively. The fact that slightly more respondents said bending was their greatest automation need is significant.

In an article recently published in the journal Additive Manufacturing, researchers discussed the utility of automated robotic concrete spraying in the digital manufacturing of ribbed concrete shells.