Canada’s advantage lies in combining engineering research, AI strength, materials science, medical technology and strong ...

Researchers have developed a soft mechanical force sensor that enables robots to detect touch ...

While there are many potential uses for soft-bodied robots, the things are still typically only built in small experimental batches. Scottish scientists are out to change that, with a ...

A former surgeon's biology-inspired startup is creating soft robotic cells that could transform how intelligent machines are ...

Built from flexible, compliant materials, soft robots are gaining relevance for tasks ranging from minimally invasive surgery ...

X, a Norwegian-American robotics company, today revealed details about the five-finger hands attached to its soft, helpful ...

A new generation of robots is beginning to take shape, one that moves, senses, and adapts more like living creatures.

Soft-bodied robots are unlocking a new era of adaptive machines that can safely interact with the human body, squeeze through tight spaces, and propel themselves autonomously. Designing soft robots ...

Evolution has already found solutions to lots of problems, so engineers more often borrow ideas from nature instead of ...

The video shows a lighter-than-air robot with fins gliding through the air, making it look like a white, floating whale. It ...

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.

Researchers in Japan have developed a silent, floating companion robot that glides through the ...