A wave of recent research has brought robotic touch sensitivity closer to human fingertips than ever before, driven by graphene-based composites and machine learning that let artificial skins detect ...

From brain‑monitoring tattoos to gentle caregiving robots, UT Austin researchers are unveiling breakthrough technologies ...

Robots are becoming increasingly capable in vision and movement, yet touch remains one of their major weaknesses. Now, researchers have developed a miniature tactile sensor that could give robots ...

Seeing robots made with soft, flexible parts in action appears to lower people's anxiety about working with them or even being replaced by them. A study found that watching videos of a soft robot ...

Engineers at MIT have devised an ingenious new way to produce artificial muscles for soft robots that can flex in more than one direction, similar to the complex muscles in the human body. The team ...

A simple sponge has improved how robots grasp, scientists have found. A simple sponge has improved how robots grasp, scientists from the University of Bristol have found. This easy-to-make ...

Researchers have achieved a notable advancement in the field of soft robotics by creating a "brainless" robot capable of autonomously navigating complex environments, including dynamic obstacles and ...

Fast forward nine years, and the consortium Overvelde and Kluin have assembled, in the hope of making the soft artificial ...

A newly developed AI control system using neuron-inspired learning enables soft robotic arms to learn a broad set of motions once and adapt instantly to changing conditions without retraining Inspired ...