In the world of robots, the intracellular forces translate to inter-unit tangential force, enabled by eight motorized gears along each robot’s circular exterior, which allow them to move around each ...

Researchers have engineered groups of robots that behave as smart materials with tunable shape and strength, mimicking living ...

A robotic material inspired by science fiction, able to shapeshift and carry many times its own weight has been brought to ...

In recent years, roboticists and computer scientists have developed a wide range of systems inspired by nature, particularly by humans and animals. By reproducing animal movements and behaviors, these ...

Experts have developed a robot with astonishingly lifelike movements - thanks to synthetic muscles beneath translucent skin.