DIY soft robot heaven is a place on the internet And researchers want to speed up that pace even further. Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences recently published an open source ...

Here’s our soft robot hand in action: This article was originally published in the May 2015 issue of Popular Science, under the title “Wave Hello To A Soft Robot Hand.” ...

Over on their YouTube channel [Science Buddies] shows us how to embed LEDs in soft robots. Soft robots can be made entirely or partially from silicone. In the video you see an example of a claw ...

Significant amounts of research are being put into creating soft robots today, and researchers from Princeton University have invented a new way to make soft robots called bubble casting.

E. coli is bad when it contaminates your food, but it can actually be good for robots. Scientists say synthetic bacteria could eventually repair a robot, generate energy, or detect chemicals in ...

Harvard University labs has launched a toolkit that will supply robotics enthusiasts and researchers with the tools they need to design, build and operate soft robots.

Imagine robots more like animals than machines. This is the goal of the field of soft robots, which aims to build robots with soft materials, sometimes powered by living muscle tissue or cells. A ...

It could be invaluable for search and rescue and exploration. But perhaps the most exciting aim of the project is to prove that creating an entirely soft-bodied robot is possible.

Soft robots move in ways similar to living organisms, which expands their range of motion, perhaps making it easier to squeeze into a tight spot, for example. Related: ...

Roboticists have designed a soft robot that can save you from a disaster zone.

Researchers have simulated a soft-bodied robot that turns rigid on demand. The advance may help broaden robots' range of tasks and allow for safe interactions with people, including in patient ...

Engineers have developed a way to build soft robots that are compact, portable and multifunctional. The advance was made possible by creating soft, tubular actuators whose movements are ...