Soon, a flexible octopus-like robot could be completely free of wires or internal electronics. Engineers at Rice University have unveiled a new soft robotic arm controlled by laser beams.

University of Science and Technology of China has made a fascinating development in robotics, with the octopus-inspired robotic arm led by Nikolaos Freris. It combines the dexterity of a human hand ...

Elizabeth Blackert is a Rice University doctoral alumna who is the first author on a study published in Advanced Intelligent Systems. HOUSTON – (June 9, 2025) – Researchers at Rice University have ...

For the first time, engineers have digitally recreated the complex muscular architecture of the octopus arm and its unique movements, which opens the door to developing soft robotics with ...

Although the robotic arm is still slow when compared to human pickers who pick an apple every three seconds, the team is ...

This system is equipped with a hydraulic-driven 3 DOF-soft cutting arm and a 3-jaw teleoperated soft grasper system for cutting and grasping lesions inside the colon, respectively. The soft ...

Scientists have invested an inflatable apple-picking robot that uses similar technology as the inflatable "tube guy" ...