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.

Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) are scaling individual molecular machines into ...

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists have created 3D‑printed liquid crystal elastomer actuators with gold nanorods that move when illuminated, advancing soft robotics research. Separately ...

Scientists at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg are engineering three-dimensional polymers from molecular machines that alter shape and mechanical properties when exposed to specific ...

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Rather than replicating it directly, it’s more appropriate to use it as a source of ideas.” Humanoids face the same question.

Schaeffler's Hermes Award-winning actuator platform targets the single costliest barrier to deploying humanoid robots at ...

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In the research world, Casey Harrell is known by subject name T-15. He's become a test case, and a point of hope, for people ...

A new artificial muscle can change shape, repair damage, and be reused, bringing a major shift in how robots are built and ...

Robotic muscles contracting from light pulses and cube-shaped 3D screens may emerge from tiny molecular machines linked into ...

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