Now, a team from Keio University and The University of Osaka has published a study in Advanced Robotics Research detailing the physics behind the jump of thin hemispherical shells, a fundamental ...

Soft robots are flexible but usually require complex systems for precise movement. To aid that, the new design uses a Snap Inflatable Modular Metastructure (SIMM) to smoothly deform and rapidly ...

Researchers reveal the physics of jumping shell structures, improving control and agility in soft robots inspired by the mechanics of a simple popper toy. The team meticulously analyzed the jumping ...

MIT developed a deep learning system that lets soft robots follow commands from a single image, enabling accurate, low-cost ...

This robot, which weighs just 18 grams (less than an ounce), is inspired by rhinoceros beetles. Also developed at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, it can deploy its wings to fly ...

Conventional robots, like those used in industry and hazardous environments, are easy to model and control, but are too rigid ...

Roboticists at The Faboratory at Yale University have developed a way for soft robots to replicate some of the more unsettling things that animals and insects can accomplish — say, a reptile ...

Although soft-bodied robots themselves can be fairly simple, low-cost devices, they typically require complex onboard electronics to control their locomotion. Such is not the case with a new bot ...

As also detailed last week via TechXplore, the robot’s soft limbs are each roughly 9.5 inches long by 1.5 inches wide, and encased in a protective outer casing.Each arm is driven by pneumatic ...

Researchers at North Carolina State University have created a soft robot that moves in a distinctly caterpillar-like manner. As detailed in the research paper in Science Advances by [Shuang Wu] and… ...