In response to a short pulse of near-infrared light, the robot released the pebble. Further, the light produced heat ...

C artwheel Robotics is developing a humanoid robot called “Yogi”, which is designed to move naturally, perform household ...

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-like ...

In a laboratory in Connecticut, a palm-sized silicone robot scrunches up its body to inch forward in a caterpillar-like motion. A brick tips over onto its leg, trapping it as it struggles to move on.

This innovative series of molded silicone attachments enhances robotic realism while vastly improving tactile control and interaction, opening new doors for education, research, and training. Standard ...

Obstacles challenge robots, but researchers at Harvard may overcome them by engineering robots to jump. Tests on silicone robots advance this capability. Robert Shepherd, a former postdoctoral ...

For years we all assumed that robots and artificial creatures had to be made of metal and other rigid materials. But there’s now a movement to create soft, squishy bots that use unorthodox power ...

Darting around the pool as a group of swimmers stands in the shallow end, the dolphin looks much like those that jump through hoops and perform acrobatics at theme parks.

The bio-inspired skin-scales system improves soft robotic fish durability, absorbing up to 241 % more energy without ...

Standard human-like robots have often fallen short in areas respective to human interaction. They are cold to the touch, visibly mechanical, and lacking the subtle textures and responsiveness of real ...