A soft robot crawls, climbs, and snaps into new shapes using a single air input, enhancing adaptability for medical and rescue applications.

A new type of soft robot can crawl like a worm, climb cables, and suddenly snap into a completely different shape to move in a new direction—all controlled by a single air input. This breakthrough, ...

Cornell University researchers are building soft robots with "robot blood" that is both hydraulic fluid that provides motive force and at the same time a battery that ...

Imagine a swarm of tiny robots, each about the size of the palm of your hand, spreading out over a wildfire-ravaged community ...

Robotics is a fast-growing market, projected to expand from $94.54 billion in 2024 to surpass $372.59 billion by 2034.  Industrial robots are currently leading this growth. Today, more than 3.4 ...

Description: Soft Robotics is an emerging field that combines the principles of robotics and materials science to create robots that are flexible, adaptable, and safe to interact with humans and the ...

In the same way that terrestrial life evolved from ocean swimmers to land walkers, soft robots are progressing ... professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, who led both projects. "The worm ...

Researchers at Cornell University on Monday showcased a pair of bio-inspired robotics running on a hydraulic fluid-powered battery. The redox flow battery ...

Seoul National University College of Engineering announced that Professor Kyu-Jin Cho's research team from the Department of ...

"Soft robotics holds promise for many applications ... paper on the work and an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at NC State. "Our approach makes use of commercially ...

The spring 2025 semester is bringing a new faculty member to Smead Aerospace. Vishala Arya is joining ... Drawing on her multi-disciplinary experience in space missions, soft robotics, industrial ...

In the same way that terrestrial life evolved from ocean swimmers to land walkers, soft robots are progressing, too, thanks to recent research in battery development and design.