What are the uses for robotic textiles?
Until recently, robotic fabrics were attached to external machines that modulate factors inside them, such as shape, sensors or air ...
Tag: soft robots
This burrowing robot mimics nature to snake underground
Engineers have developed a soft robot that can burrow through sand and other difficult terrain.
Engineers create dragonfly robot to check for water anomalies
Engineers in the US have developed an electronics-free robotic dragonfly that can detect impurities in water.
This soft, snake-like gripper could revolutionise the use of robotics in surgery
A team from the University of New South Wales has created a device that could pave the way for new ...
This robot ‘sweats’ through its 3D-printed fingers
The robot’s soft, hydraulically controlled fingers release water to regulate their temperature.
Climbing plant tendrils inspire a material that could power up artificial muscles
Prosthetic limbs are often weighed down by heavy actuators required to move joints. Materials science researchers have been inspired by ...
Transformable drug-delivery robot could take a fantastic voyage through the bloodstream
An international team of engineering researchers has created a heart-cell-propelled soft robot that transforms when exposed to infrared light — ...
Jellyfish inspire a waterproof electronic skin for use in touch screens and soft robots
The humble jellyfish has inspired yet another material advancement: a waterproof, self-healing skin.
This Herculean millirobot could one day deliver drugs inside your body
A soft-bodied millirobot developed by researchers at the City University of Hong Kong (City U) could one day guide medical ...
Judgment Day: Australian and Chinese engineers bring liquid metal to life
The liquid metal T-1000 might have felt advanced and futuristic when Terminator 2 first came out. But a group of ...
