The way baby yellow anacondas move — a spring-like launch driven by an S-shaped twist to flee from danger — may have given rise to sidewinding, the mesmerising gait of desert vipers and other species.

With an NSF CAREER award and inspiration from nature, Lehigh University researcher David Saldaña hopes to improve the capabilities of aerial robots, enabling them to manipulate flexible materials and ...

Zhejiang University researchers build a flexible robotic hand that literally “sees around corners,” combining deep learning ...

A POSTECH research team has developed a thin, flexible robotic actuator inspired by human muscle proteins. As thin as paper, yet capable of generating strong forces, this robot can maneuver through ...

Investing.com -- Industrial robots have seen a clear acceleration in adoption over the past several years, with the pace ...

The next generation of soft robots might be folding and sliding as effortlessly as living tissue, say a team of engineers who have created “magnetic muscles” with 3D printing. Filling elastic, ...

Alphabet Inc.’s robotics unit Intrinsic Innovation LLC said today it’s working with the manufacturing giant Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd., better known as Foxconn, to explore possibilities for ...