Nature is replete with slender filaments that bend and coil—from climbing grape vines, to folded proteins, to elephant trunks that can pick up a peanut but also take down a tree.

Breaking away from conventional robots that perform only predefined functions once fabricated, researchers have developed a ...

Soft robots have long promised something rigid machines cannot easily deliver. They offer the ability to bend, flex, and ...

Researchers at Germany’s FAU have created shape-shifting materials by linking molecular machines into three-dimensional structures that respond to light. The technology could lead to intelligent ...

Electroactive polymer actuators represent a rapidly evolving field in materials science, where electrically induced deformations in polymers are harnessed to produce controlled mechanical motion.

Researchers are working on artificial muscles that can keep up with the real thing. They have now developed a method of producing the soft and elastic, yet powerful structures using 3D printing. One ...

MIT engineers grew an artificial, muscle-powered structure that pulls both concentrically and radially, much like how the iris in the human eye acts to dilate and constrict the pupil. We move thanks ...

That’s not a vanity statement for those who want to look good or a performance issue for those who want to be better, stronger, and faster. It’s a medical issue and has been for a long time. And if ...

Patrick Danner from Empa's Laboratory for Functional Polymers is working on actuators made of soft materials. Artificial muscles don't just get robots moving: One day, they could support people at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Striving to stand out in the competitive humanoid robotics market, Polish-frim Clone Robotics has unveiled its first full-scale ...