Demonstrating 3 times greater actuation stroke and 2 times higher work capacity than existing photochemical actuators, the new light-responsive springs outperform mammalian muscles and enable ...

Future robots could soon have a lot more muscle power. Northwestern University engineers have developed a soft artificial muscle, paving the way for untethered animal- and human-scale robots. The new ...

A Korean research team has developed a light-powered artificial muscle that operates freely underwater, paving the way for next-generation soft robotics. The research team—Dr. Hyun Kim at the Korea ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. AI researcher working with the UN and others to drive social change. What if the most impactful leap in artificial intelligence ...

The nervous system does an astonishing job of tracking sensory information, and does so using signals that would drive many computer scientists insane: a noisy stream of activity spikes that may be ...

This is a robotic leg, one currently in development by engineers at ETH Zurich and the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent ...

BackgroundMicro-jumping robots offer unique advantages in scenarios such as confined space exploration and post-disaster search and rescue. However ...